2017 American Transplant Congress
Early Rejection in the Elderly: Is It Predictable?
University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD
Introduction: Optimal induction for elderly kidney transplant recipients (KTR) remains unclear. Older age may be associated with decreased immunogenicity; however, clinical heterogeneity of the elderly…2017 American Transplant Congress
Lactate Level Immediate Post-Liver Transplantation Is a Predictor of Early Allograft Dysfunction.
Background; Early allograft dysfunction (EAD) after liver transplantation (LT) is defined as a peak values of aminotransferase >2000 IU/mL during the first week or an…2017 American Transplant Congress
Desensitization Regimen for the Patients with High Isoagglutinin Titers to Undergo Adult ABO-Incompatible Living Donor Liver Transplantation.
Liver and Transplantation Surgery, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan
Background: Adult living donor liver transplantation can be performed across ABO blood type barrier successfully by depleting B cells using rituximab. However, the patients with…2017 American Transplant Congress
Reasons for Racial Disparities in Living Donor Liver Transplants (LDLT).
1University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; 2Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA
Introduction: End-stage liver disease patients who receive transplants from living donors have post-transplant outcomes as good or better than those transplanted with livers from deceased…2017 American Transplant Congress
Lung Transplant Recipient Travel Distance to Transplant Center Does Not Impact Survival.
Purpose: We examined if the geographic distance recipients travel for lung transplant care impacts posttransplant survival at our center.Methods: Retrospective single center cohort study of…2017 American Transplant Congress
Liver Transplantation for Babies Weighing Less Than 10 kg.
Introduction: Liver transplantation (LT) is an established therapy for children with end-stage liver disease or liver failure. LT in small babies remains challenging due to…2017 American Transplant Congress
Pediatric Liver Transplantation for Alpha-1 Antritrypsin Deficiency: A UNOS Database Analysis.
PurposeAlpha-1 Antritypsin Deficiency (ATD) is a heterogeneous disease, and is an important indication for liver transplantation (LT) in children. We examine the ATD population requiring…2017 American Transplant Congress
Xenogeneic Lung Transplantation: Identifying Transgenes and Supportive Drug Treatments to Achieve Long-Term Survival.
1Surgery, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD; 2Revivicor, Inc., Blacksburg, VA
Purpose: Recent progress in genetic engineering has facilitated generation of pigs expressing various multi-transgene and knock-out combinations. Which transgenes and what targeted drug treatments are…2017 American Transplant Congress
Blood Tfh Cells Exhibit Impaired B Cell Help in Operationally Tolerant Patients.
Introduction: Operationally tolerant (TOL) patients display a defect of B cell differentiation, with a deficiency in circulating plasma cells secreting antibodies, which could partly contribute…2017 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Serum EDTA Treatment on Identification of Unacceptable Antigens for Kidney Transplant Candidates.
Pathology, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: The prozone effect is one factor causing false negative reactions in HLA antibody testing. EDTA, which is commonly used to remove this…
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