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

2017 American Transplant Congress
CD16+ Monocytes and Skewed Macrophage Polarization Towards M2 Type Hallmark Heart Transplant Acute Cellular Rejection.
T. van den Bosch,¹ K. Caliskan,² M. Kraaij,¹ A. Constantinescu,² O. Manintveld,² P. Leenen,³ J. von der Thüsen,⁴ M. Clahsen-van Groningen,⁴ C. Baan,¹ A. Rowshani.¹
¹Internal Medicine and Transplantation, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands; ²Cardiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands; ³Immunology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands; ⁴Pathology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Purpose: During acute heart transplant rejection, infiltration of lymphocytes and monocytes is followed by endothelial injury and eventually myocardial fibrosis. To date, no information is…
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Renal Function, Albuminuria, and the Risk of Death and Graft Loss After Kidney Transplantation.
N. Lam,¹ M. Tonelli,² K. Lentine,³ B. Hemmelgarn,² F. Ye,¹ K. Wen,¹ S. Klarenbach.¹
¹University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada; ²University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada; ³Saint Louis University, St. Louis
In 2012, the KDIGO guidelines updated the classification system for chronic kidney disease to include albuminuria. Whether this classification system prognosticates adverse clinical outcomes among…
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Building a Conceptual Framework of Treatment Burden After Kidney Transplant: A Qualitative Study.
E. Lorenz, J. Egginton, M. Stegall, A. Cheville, D. Eton.
Mayo Clinic, Rochester
Background: After kidney transplant, patients must negotiate complex medication regimens, lifestyle changes, laboratory monitoring and clinic appointments. The personal workload of healthcare and its impact…
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Scoring of Distinct Tubular Injury Features and Assessment of Cellular Proliferation and of Non-Apoptotic Cell Death by the Novel Marker FACL4 Allow to Determine the Long-Term Prognosis of Renal Grafts.
A. Bohlmann,¹ J. Schmitz,¹ A. Melk,¹ R. Schmitt,¹ I. Scheffner,¹ V. Broeker,² H. Haller,¹ J. Metzger,³ J. Braesen,¹ W. Gwinner.¹
¹Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany; ²University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden; ³Mosaiques Diagnostics, Hannover, Germany
Acute tubular injury (ATI) is common in renal grafts and is related to an inferior long-term function. There is no consensus which of the tubular…
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Regional Variation in Liver Donor Utilization Across the U.S.
A. Friedman,¹ P. Bagavan,² S. Florman,³ H. Irving,¹ B. Samstein,⁴ B. Schleich.¹
¹LiveOnNY, New York, NY; ²Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY; ³Recanati/Miller Transplant Institute, New York, NY; ⁴Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY
Unequal patient access to deceased donor liver transplantation across the U.S. has generated efforts to redesign the allocation system. Geographic disparities include the severity of…
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Outcomes of Moderately to Severely Steatotic Grafts in Liver Transplantation: A Meta-Analysis.
K. Bonner,¹ C. Thongprayoon,² W. Cheungpasitporn,¹ M. Leise.¹
¹Mayo Clinic, Rochester; ²Bassett Medical Center, Cooperstown
Background/Objectives:There is a worldwide need to expand the pool of available liver grafts. Livers with >50% steatosis are discarded for orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) by…
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Impact of Early Pancreas Graft Failure on Patient and Kidney Graft Survival After Simultaneous Pancreas and Kidney Transplantation (SPK).
A. Gruessner, M. Laftavi, V. Whittaker, Z. Acun, O. Pankowycz, R. Gruessner.
SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY
Introduction: In SPK transplants, the major risk factors for poor patient survival are early pancreas and/or kidney graft loss. In this study, we specifically examined…
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Simultaneous Pancreas/Kidney Transplant Recipients Are Predisposed to Symptomatic CMV-Infection and Concomitant Infectious Complications.
T. Schachtner,^1,2,3 M. Zaks,¹ A. Kahl,¹ P. Reinke.^1,2
¹Nephrology and Internal Intensive Care, Charite Campus Virchow Clinic, Berlin, Germany; ²Berlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies, Charite Campus Virchow Clinic, Berlin, Germany; ³Berlin Institute of Health BIH, Berlin, Germany
Infections have increased in simultaneous pancreas/kidney transplant recipients (SPKTRs) with CMV-infection being the most important viral infection with adverse impact on patient and allograft outcomes.…
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Transplant Professionals' Attitudes and Approaches to the Living Kidney Donor-Recipient Relationship: Interview Study.
A. Ralph,^1,2,3 P. Butow,^3,4,5 J. Craig,^1,2 J. Chapman,⁸ J. Gill,⁶ J. Kanellis,⁷ A. Tong.^1,2
¹Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia; ²Centre for Kidney Research, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, Australia; ³School of Psychology, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia; ⁴Psycho-Oncology Co-Operative Research Group, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia; ⁵Centre for Medical Psychology & Evidence-Based Decision-Making, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia; ⁶Division of Nephrology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; ⁷Department of Nephrology, Monash Health and Centre for Inflammatory Diseases, Department of Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia; ⁸Centre for Transplant and Renal Research, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Background: Assessment of the donor-recipient relationship is recommended by international guidelines to prevent undue coercion and ensure realistic expectations. We aimed to describe attitudes and…
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Incidence, Recurrence and Long Term Survival Post Chemotherapy in Renal Transplant Recipients with Post Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder: Single Center Study.
R. Rathore, K. Tomlinson, H. Dukka, D. Farrugia, M. Lambie.
Department of Renal Medicine, University Hospitals of North Midlands, Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom
Background: Majority of Post transplant lymphoproliferative disorders(PTLD) occur in the first year post solid organ transplant. The risk factors for development of PTLD include degree…