Am J Transplant, Volume 17, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 181 of 181 - ATC Abstracts

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A Nationwide Global Strategy for Kidney Transplantation with Controlled Cardiac Death Donor (cDCD) Has Improved Global Results. Spanish Multicentre SENTRA-GEODAS Group.
J. Portoles,^1,2 M. Perez-Saez,^2,3 D. Janeiro,^1,2 E. Melilli,² N. Maruri Kareaga,² E. de Souza,² F. Llamas,² J. Espi,² P. Martin Moreno,² D. Navarro,² A. Sancho-Calabuig,² M. Rodriguez-Ferrero,² D. Hernandez,² J. Pascual.^2,3
¹Nephrology, Hospital Puerta de Hierro, Majadahonda, Spain; ²GEODAS-SENTRA Public Health Research Net RedinRen16/009/009 RETYC ISCIII, Madrid, Spain; ³Nephrology, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain
Background: Controlled donation after cardiac death (cDCD) programs are running in US for years and some European countries has recently started on it. National transplant…
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Association of Dialysis Facility Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status with Barriers to Kidney Transplant.
K. Ross,¹ M. Basu,² C. Escoffery,³ J. Gander,² S. Mohan,⁴ S. Pastan,² L. Plantinga,¹ K. Smith,² R. Patzer.^1,2
¹Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta; ²Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta; ³Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta; ⁴Department of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York
Introduction: Dialysis facilities in neighborhoods with low socioeconomic status (SES) have lower facility-level transplantation rates. We estimated the association between barriers to transplantation and facility-area…
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Engaging Clinicians and Patients Regarding Frailty Assessment in Kidney Transplant Candidates.
S. Rasmussen, J. Konel, H. Ying, C. Haugen, E. King, S. DiBrito, D. Segev, M. McAdams DeMarco.
JHU, Baltimore
Background: The Fried frailty phenotype, a measure of physiologic reserve, is associated with poor kidney transplant (KT) outcomes. However, it was developed in community-dwelling older…
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Burden of Early Hospitalization Among Liver Transplant Recipients.
P. Sharma,¹ N. Goodrich,³ D. Schaubel,² A. Smith,³ R. Merion.^3,4
¹Gastroenterology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; ²Biostatistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; ³Arbor Research Collaborative for Health, Ann Arbor, MI; ⁴Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Hospitalization is known to occur frequently in the first six months following liver transplantation (LT). We examined the burden of hospitalization within 6 months of…
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Malignancy in Patients Undergoing Simultaneous Heart-Liver and Heart-Kidney Transplant.
A. Chin, A. Habertheuer, A. Chou, M. Acker, M. Williams, P. Atluri, C. Bermudez, P. Vallabhajosyula.
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Purpose: While evidence suggests that patients undergoing simultaneous heart-liver and heart-kidney transplant may have improved immunoprotection from allograft rejection versus patients undergoing heart transplant only,…
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Risk of Amiodarone and Permanent Pacemaker Placement After Heart Transplantation.
E. Kransdorf, M. Kittleson, J. Patel, T. Aintablian, R. Levine, B. Kearney, N. Musto, A. Hage, D. Geft, L. Czer, F. Esmailian, A. Trento, J. Kobashigawa.
Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, Los Angeles
Background: Patients (pts) with end stage heart disease undergoing heart transplantation (HT) may be on amiodarone (AD) for arrhythmias. AD may persist for weeks after…