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

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Subclinical Histologic Findings Are Observed in 25% of Stable Adult Liver Transplant Recipients (ALTRs) Screened for Immunosuppression Withdrawal (ISW): OPTIMAL (NCT02533180).
S. Chandran,¹ M. Abecassis,² J. Levitsky,² S. Feng,³ A. Humar,⁴ J. Emond,⁵ G. Klintmalm,⁶ A. Demetris,⁴ K. Much,⁷ L. Sun,¹ A. Priore,⁸ D. Ikle,⁷ N. Bridges,⁸ M. DesMarais,¹ B. Burrell,⁹ J. Markmann.¹⁰
¹ITN, San Francisco; ²Northwestern, Chicago; ³UCSF, San Francisco; ⁴UPMC, Pittsburgh; ⁵Columbia, New York; ⁶Baylor, Dallas; ⁷Rho, Chapel Hill; ⁸NIAID/NIH, Bethesda; ⁹ITN, Bethesda; ¹⁰MGH, Boston
OPTIMAL is a 6-center ISW study in non-autoimmune, non-HCV ALTRs ≥3 yrs post-transplant (tx). Studies have shown a correlation between portal inflammation associated with tissue…
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Plasma Cell Hepatitis in Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis Patients: 15-Year Experience at a Transplant Center.
J. Putra,¹ T. Schiano,² M. Fiel.³
¹Pathology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY; ²Division of Liver Diseases, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
Background: Plasma cell hepatitis (PCH) is an uncommon liver graft dysfunction which occurs in liver transplant (LT) recipients of different etiologies other than autoimmune hepatitis.…
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Semi-Automated Pre-Donation Computed Topography (CT) Cortical Renal Volume to Predict Kidney Function in Live Kidney Donors 2 Years Following Donation.
L.-X. Chen,¹ G. Fananapazir,² R. Benzl,² M. Corwin,² S. Stewart,³ C. Troppmann.⁴
¹Transplant Nephrology, UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA; ²Radiology, UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA; ³Biostatistics, UC Davis School of Medicine, Davis, CA; ⁴Transplant Surgery, UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA
Objective: To evaluate whether volume of the remnant kidney based on pre-donation CT and donor age correlates with post-donation 2-year renal function in live kidney…
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Usefulness of Multi-Detector Computed Tomography (MDCT) Scanning as a Replacement for Diethylenetriamine Pentaacetic Acid (DTPA).
H. Lee,¹ W. Han,¹ K. Huh,² M. Kim,² S. Kim,² Y. Kim,² Y. Yoon.¹
¹Urology, Urological Science Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea; ²Transplantation Surgery, Research Institute for Transplantation, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Objective: Diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid (DTPA) and multi-detector computed tomography (MDCT) can predict postoperative estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) in a live kidney donor. Accordingly, we…
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Seasonality of Mortality and Graft Failure Among Kidney Transplant Recipients in the US.
B. Astor,¹ M. Melamed,² D. Mandelbrot,¹ A. Djamali.¹
¹University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI; ²Albert Einstein College of Medicine / Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY
The incidence of mortality in the general population is significantly higher in winter than in summer. It is unknown whether such a seasonal difference exists…
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State Law Restrictions on HIV Positive-to-Positive Transplantation.
S. Rasmussen,¹ A. Glazier,² A. Cash,¹ M. Henderson,¹ B. Boyarsky,¹ K. Miller,³ S. Schoettes,⁴ D. Segev,¹ C. Durand.¹
¹JHU, Baltimore; ²NEOB, Waltham; ³HIV Medicine Association, Arlington; ⁴Lambda Legal, Chicago
Background In 1984 the National Organ Transplant Act banned the recovery of organs from HIV-positive (HIV+) individuals. In 2013 the HIV Organ Policy Equity (HOPE)…