2017 American Transplant Congress
Association of Dialysis Facility Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status with Barriers to Kidney Transplant.
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…2017 American Transplant Congress
Engaging Clinicians and Patients Regarding Frailty Assessment in Kidney Transplant Candidates.
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…2017 American Transplant Congress
Burden of Early Hospitalization Among Liver Transplant Recipients.
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…2017 American Transplant Congress
Malignancy in Patients Undergoing Simultaneous Heart-Liver and Heart-Kidney Transplant.
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,…2017 American Transplant Congress
Risk of Amiodarone and Permanent Pacemaker Placement After Heart Transplantation.
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…2017 American Transplant Congress
A Novel MyD88 Inhibitor Attenuates Allograft Rejection in Heterotopic Tracheal Transplantation in Mice.
Background: Obstructive bronchiolitis (OB) characterized by chronic rejection, is the main complication after lung transplantation which limits the long-term survival of the recipients. Innate immune…
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