2017 American Transplant Congress
Primary Graft Dysfunction After Pediatric Heart Transplant.
Pediatric Cardiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
Background: Primary graft dysfunction (PGD), as defined by ISHLT Consensus Guidelines, has been associated with worse outcomes in adult heart transplant recipients, even in patients…2017 American Transplant Congress
Emergency Department Utilization Among Kidney Transplant Recipients in the United States.
Background:Single center studies suggest that kidney transplant (KTx) recipients have a high rate of emergency department (ED) utilization, and ED visits are associated with graft…2017 American Transplant Congress
APOL1 Genotype Does Not Affect Donor Renal Function Post Live Kidney Donation.
Background: Apolipoprotein-L1 (APOL1) risk variants have emerged as a predictor of renal disease in individuals of African Ancestry (AA). The effect of APOL1 risk variants…2017 American Transplant Congress
Differential Expression of Long Noncoding RNAs During Cardiac Allograft Rejection.
While transplant rejection is the major restriction in successful long lasting graft survival, induction of sustainable immune tolerance against transplant is one of the major…2017 American Transplant Congress
We Wish This Would Never Happen Again! Implementation of an Adverse Event Review System to Improve the Safety of Pediatric Solid Organ Transplant (SOT) Patients.
Background: 50% of SOT centers are cited by CMS for inadequate review of adverse events (AE)s. AE reviews are inconsistently performed, rarely cover near misses…2017 American Transplant Congress
Strategy for Analysis of Donor-Specific Antibody Repertoire: Paired Immunoglobulin Heavy and Light Chain Analysis of Individual Memory B Cells.
Antibody-mediated rejection (ABMR) is the most challenging immunological barrier to overcome in human transplantation and one of the most prevalent causes of kidney allograft loss.…
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