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Is Lung Allocation Score Associated with Waitlist and Post-Transplant Survival?
The lung allocation score (LAS) prioritizes patients based on predicted one-year waitlist and post-transplant mortality. However, for a given diagnosis, it is unclear whether LAS…2017 American Transplant Congress
Risk of Venous Thromboembolism After Lung Transplant.
PurposeVenous thromboembolism (VTE) is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality following lung transplantation. The purpose of this study was to describe the incidence of…2017 American Transplant Congress
Percutaneous Direct Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt as a Bridge to Liver Transplantation in Pediatric Patients with Variceal Bleeding.
Context: Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) creation is technically challenging in children due to their small size. The percutaneous direct intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (DIPS) has…2017 American Transplant Congress
Contribution of Donor versus Recipient T Cells in Face Transplant Rejection.
1Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston; 2Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge
BackgroundSkin-containing transplants such as facial allografts contain resident populations of donor T cells. Although the role of T cells in acute rejection is well established,…2017 American Transplant Congress
Detection of Specific B Cell Memory to the Perlecan LG3 Antigen in the Normal Immune Repertoire.
Autoantibodies targeting the C-terminal fragment of perlecan (LG3) were identified in patients with kidney transplantation and are associated with rejection episodes. High anti-LG3 titers were…2017 American Transplant Congress
Positive Flow Crossmatch After Negative Virtual Crossmatch -A Single Center Experience.
Pathology and Lab Medicine, London Health Sciences Center, London, ON, Canada
Aims: To determine causes of Flow Cytometry crossmatch (FCXM) after a negative virtual crossmatch (VirXM), even with sensitive solid-phase antibody assay and complete HLA typings…2017 American Transplant Congress
Worsening Rather Than Severe Acute Kidney Injury Affects Kidney Transplantation Outcomes.
BackgroundThe growing evidence has suggested that deceased donor kidneys with acute kidney injury (AKI) may be a good solution to overcome organ shortage. Although previous…2017 American Transplant Congress
Does Gender Affect Renal Transplant Outcomes?
Many studies have evaluated the role of gender on renal transplantation.Females (F) are less likely than males (M) to be on the waitlist (WL); less…2017 American Transplant Congress
Substance Use Among Potential Kidney Transplant Candidates and Its Impact on Access to Kidney Transplantation; a Canadian Cohort Study.
We assessed 1) the prevalence and associations of substance use among patients undergoing evaluation for kidney transplant (KT); 2) the association between substance use and…2017 American Transplant Congress
Increasing the Kidney Donor Pool by Expanding Limits on Body Mass Index and Age: A Single-Center Evaluation of Safety for Donors and Recipients.
Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Using donors with advanced age or elevated body mass index (BMI) could increase the number of live donor kidney transplants. Our aim was to evaluate…
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