2017 American Transplant Congress
Improved Preservation During Normothermic Ex-Vivo Liver Perfusion with Delta Opioid Agonist (D-Ala2, D-Leu5) Enkephalin (DADLE).
Background: The metabolic demand of donor livers during prolonged normothermic ex-vivo perfusion with its associated oxygen stress is a challenge. Delta opioid agonist (D-Ala2, D-Leu5)…2017 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Immunosuppression Adherence on De Novo Donor-Specific Antibody Formation in Renal Transplant Recipients in Canada: A Modeling Analysis.
Acute rejection rates and short-term graft survival have improved substantially as a result of advances in immunosuppression (IS), though longer-term graft survival rates have improved…2017 American Transplant Congress
Steroid Withdrawal Using Everolimus in Maintenance Kidney Transplant Recipients with Post-Transplant Diabetes Mellitus.
Background: Although steroid withdrawal from conventional immunosuppressive therapy has been attempted to ameliorate various complications, especially diabetes mellitus (DM), in kidney transplant recipients, a steroid-sparing…2017 American Transplant Congress
Tacrolimus Dose Requirement Based on the CYP3A5 Genotype in Renal Transplant Patients.
Background The aim of the present study is to determine whether CYP3A5*A and CYP3A5*G genotype is a predictive index of tacrolimus dose requirement, and also…2017 American Transplant Congress
Pre-Transplant Panel Reactive T Cells (PRT) with IL-15 as a Risk-Stratifier of Acute Rejection in Kidney Transplant Patients on Belatacept Therapy.
While kidney transplant recipients treated with bela without calcineurin inhibitors (CNI) have better 5-10y eGFR versus those on CNI, Belatacept (bela) use is associated with…2017 American Transplant Congress
No Impact of One Year of Everolimus, as Compared to MPA, in the Reversal of Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in Elderly Renal Transplant Recipients – Preliminary Data from Then Everold Study.
It has been suggested that mTor inhibitors may contribute to the reversal of myocardial hypertrophy after transplantation possibly due to its biological effects like enhanced…2017 American Transplant Congress
Superior Long-Term Hypertension Management in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients with Bilateral Native Nephrectomies.
Introduction: Native nephrectomy in pediatric kidney transplant recipients is performed for congenital anomalies, proteinuria, intractable hypertension, malignancy, and chronic infection. Post-transplant hypertension requiring medical management…2017 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes and Risk Factors for Graft Loss: Lessons Learned from More Than 1,056 Pediatric Kidney tx at a Single Center.
Aim:To study outcomes and risk factors for graft loss in > 1056 pediatric renal tx.Methods:We studied outcomes by immunosuppression era: I) 1963-83 (ALG, AZA and…2017 American Transplant Congress
Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Transplants Using Donation After Cardiac Death Donors Long Term Outcomes Not Inferior to Brain Dead Donors.
University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Background:The Simultaneous use of both Liver and Kidney from the same DCD donor has become controversial with some authors advocating that DCD organs should not…2017 American Transplant Congress
Everolimus Is Associated with Less Weight Gain Than Tacrolimus Two Years Following Liver Transplantation: Results of a Randomized Multicenter Study.
Weight gain after liver transplant may lead to post-transplant complications, and is a risk factor for post-transplant metabolic syndrome (PTMS), cardiovascular events, and renal insufficiency.…
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