2017 American Transplant Congress
Age and Race Disparities Among Pediatric and Adult Cystic Fibrosis Lung Transplant Recipients.
Pediatric cystic fibrosis (CF) patients have a post-lung transplant survival disadvantage compared to adults. However, whether race and age are risk factors associated with post-transplant…2017 American Transplant Congress
Liver Transplantation for Adolescents with Biliary Atresia in the PELD/MELD Era: An Analysis of the UNOS Database.
While poor bile drainage after a Kasai hepatoportoenterostomy (KPE) is the primary driver for liver transplantation (LT) for Biliary Atresia (BA) in infancy, the data…2017 American Transplant Congress
Gastrointestinal Perforation After Liver Transplantation in Pediatric Patients.
Introduction: The improved surgical techniques, antirejection treatment, and postoperative management have made liver transplantation (LT) the treatment of choice for pediatric patients with end-stage liver…2017 American Transplant Congress
Transient High Dose Tacrolimus Allows Tolerance of a Vascularized Composite Allograft Tolerance Across a Full MHC Mismatch.
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Purpose: The achievement of tolerance in Vascularized composite allografts (VCA) could avoid the risks of immunosuppression in this setting. We investigated strategies for tolerance induction…2017 American Transplant Congress
Accelerated De-Novo Donor-Specific Antibody-Mediated Rejection in a Non-Human Primate Model of Renal Transplantation.
Surgery - Division of Transplantation, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
The development of accelerated antibody-mediated rejection (ABMR) is associated with early allograft dysfunction and premature graft loss. In animals, pre-sensitization is usually required in order…2017 American Transplant Congress
Inhibition of Memory T Cell Alloresponses by TIM-1+ B Cells.
Background:Alloreactive memory T cells mediate accelerated rejection of allografts and prevent tolerance induction. While regulatory B cells (Bregs) can promote tolerance induction through suppression of…2017 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Transplantation Outcomes from Donors with Acute Kidney Injury.
Abdominal Transplant Surgery, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY
Background- Organ scarcity and increased waiting times for kidney transplantation has led the transplant community to utilize more sub-optimal organs while continuing providing survival benefit…2017 American Transplant Congress
Non-Medical Factors Contributing to Racial Disparity in Kidney Transplant Wait-Listing.
Background: African American (AA) and other minorities (OM) are known to have disproportionately higher incidence of end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) but lower rates of kidney…2017 American Transplant Congress
Are ICD-9 V Codes Representative of the Liver Transplant Wait List?
Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background: Disparities in liver transplantation once wait listed are well-described, but little is known about how and why only 20% of end-stage liver disease patients…2017 American Transplant Congress
Hepatitis C Genotypes Among Deceased Organ Donors in the United States.
1University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; 2Gift of Life, Philadelphia, PA
Background: HCV is one of the leading causes of liver disease in the US. 5% of deceased organ donors are HCV+ and HCV infection is…
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