2017 American Transplant Congress
Lung Preservation Solution Exposure at Cardiac Procurement Is Associated Increased Incidence of Coronary Arterial Vasculopathy.
Purpose: To evaluate cardiac recipient survival and incidence of coronary artery vasculopathy (CAV) in recipient hearts that have been exposed to lung preservation solution, Perfadex.Methods:…2017 American Transplant Congress
Exploring Differential Antibody Response to Bortezomib in Heart Transplantation.
Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Twelve heart transplant candidates (2013-2016) received Bortezomib (BTZ) for desensitization. Differential antibody (Ab) response was observed. BTZ cycles consisted of 4 injections of 1.3 mg/m2;…2017 American Transplant Congress
CD16+ Monocytes and Skewed Macrophage Polarization Towards M2 Type Hallmark Heart Transplant Acute Cellular Rejection.
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…2017 American Transplant Congress
Renal Function, Albuminuria, and the Risk of Death and Graft Loss After Kidney Transplantation.
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…2017 American Transplant Congress
Building a Conceptual Framework of Treatment Burden After Kidney Transplant: A Qualitative Study.
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…2017 American Transplant Congress
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.
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…2017 American Transplant Congress
Regional Variation in Liver Donor Utilization Across the U.S.
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…2017 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Moderately to Severely Steatotic Grafts in Liver Transplantation: A Meta-Analysis.
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…2017 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Early Pancreas Graft Failure on Patient and Kidney Graft Survival After Simultaneous Pancreas and Kidney Transplantation (SPK).
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…2017 American Transplant Congress
Simultaneous Pancreas/Kidney Transplant Recipients Are Predisposed to Symptomatic CMV-Infection and Concomitant Infectious Complications.
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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