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  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Identify Clinical and Masked Hypertension and Management Strategies in Pediatric Liver Transplant Patients.

    R. Hendrickson, M. Davis, A. Sherman, W. Andrews, J. Daniel, R. Fischer, D. Blowey.

    Transplant Surgery, Health Services and Outcomes Research, Hepatology, and Nephrology, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO

    BACKGROUND: Hypertension (HTN) occurs after solid organ transplant and may have an impact on future cardiovascular disease and associated co-morbidities. Little has been reported on…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Infectious Complications Following Hepatectomy for Pediatric Hepatoblastoma.

    S. Commander, M. Kueht, T.-A. Ha, A. Rana, J. Goss, S. Vasudevan.

    Pediatric Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

    Purpose: To examine if patients with hepatoblastoma (HB) treated with both immunosuppression and chemotherapy have different rates of infection post-operatively than those treated with chemotherapy…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    CTLA4-Ig, Vascularized Bone Marrow and Donor Bone Marrow Cells Successfully Negate the Development of Acute Skin Rejection of Vascularized Composite Allografts in MHC Class I Mismatched Recipients.

    I. Schol, Z. Ng, A. Lellouch, A.-R. Gama, J. Kurtz, C. Cetrulo.

    Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston

    PURPOSE: Previously we have shown that MHC class I-mismatched recipient miniature swine (n=3) experienced rejection (from POD42 onwards) of the epidermal component of fasciocutaneous vascularized…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Differential Effect of Antibody Removal on ABO Blood Group Type Chain Specific Antibodies Over Time.

    A. Bentall,1 M. Jeyakanthan,2 J. Pearcey,2 B. Motyka,2 C. Cairo,3 T. Lowary,3 J. Buriak,4 L. West,2 S. Ball.1

    1Department of Nephrology, University Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom; 2Departs of Pediatrics, Surgery and Immunology, University of Alberta, Alberta Transplant Institute, Edmonton, Canada; 3Alberta Glycomics Centre, Univ of Alberta, Dept of Chemistry, Edmonton, Canada; 4Dept of Chemistry, National Institute of Nanotechnology, Edmonton, Canada

    Introduction: The trisaccharide epitope defines A&B blood group antigens where antibody binds to subtype chains (I-VI), but only subtype II is expressed on cardiac vascular…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    What Are “Normal” CSF Findings in the Non-Infected Brain Dead Organ Donor?

    R. Steiner,1,2 C. Wainaina,2 J. Tragaser,2 L. Stocks.2

    1Medicine, University of California at San Diego School of Medicine, San Diego, CA; 2Lifesharing Organ Procurement Organization, San Diego, CA

    Abnormalities in CSF in deceased organ donors may suggest infection and lead to refusal of organs by transplant centers, particularly if a viral process is…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Use of Pulsatile Perfusion Modifies the Effect of Delayed Graft Function on Graft Failure.

    A. Thomas, A. Shaffer, A. Massie, D. Segev.

    JHU, Baltimore

    While the causal mechanisms remain elusive, delayed graft function (DGF) has been associated with graft failure in recipients of deceased-donor kidneys. Pulsatile perfusion pump use…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Ethnicity and Transplant Knowledge Among Canadian ESKD Patients.

    D. Wong,1 H. Ford,1 C. Lok,1 G. Nesrallah,2 J. Peipert,3 C. Richardson,1 A. Waterman,3 M. Novak,1 I. Mucsi.1

    1University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada; 2Humber River Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada; 3David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA

    Background:Living donor kidney transplant (LDKT) offers improved life expectancy and better quality of life compared to deceased donor kidney transplant (DDKT) or dialysis. African and…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    HLA Alloimmunization According to the Different Immunization Events and Consequences on Access to Kidney Transplantation.

    V. Pernin,1 A. Cros,1 I. Szwarc,1 C. Rene,2 J.-F. Eliaou,2 V. Garrigue,1 G. Mourad,1 M. Le Quintrec-Donnette.1

    1Department Nephrology and Transplantation, CHU Lapeyronie, Montpellier, France; 2Department of Immunology, CHU St ELoi, Montpellier, France

    Patients awaiting solid organ transplantation may develop anti-HLA antibodies after sensitization events such as transfusions, pregnancies or previous transplantations. The aim of our work was…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Can We Successfully Overcome Obesity as a Barrier for Kidney Transplantation?

    K. Zorbas,1 S. Karhadkar,1 S. Rao,2 K. Lau,1 I. Lee,2 A. Gillespie,2 S. Constantinescu,2 A. Karachristos,1 A. Di Carlo.1

    1Surgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA; 2Nephrology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA

    Obesity is a significant barrier for kidney transplantation (KT) with higher rates of denial for listing and longer listing to transplantation interval. We examined the…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Impact of NODAT on Post-Transplant Survival – An Analysis of UNOS Data.

    N. Sarabu, S. Deo, S. Park.

    University Hospital Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland

    Background: New Onset Diabetes After Transplantation (NODAT) is common and may adversely affect long-term patient survival. Impact of NODAT on patient survival in heart transplantation…
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