2017 American Transplant Congress
Primary Graft Dysfunction Post Heart Transplantation: Is There Greater Risk for De Novo Donor-Specific Antibody Development?
Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, Los Angeles
Background: Primary graft dysfunction (PGD) may occur in up to 30% of heart transplant recipients and has been associated with increased mortality. The development of…2017 American Transplant Congress
A Novel Role for MyD88 Signaling Downstream from Toll-Like Receptors in B Cells Responding to Blood Group Antigens.
Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
[Introduction]Although there is some empirical evidence that severe infectious complications provoke refractory AMR following ABO-incompatible transplantations (ABOi-Tx), its mechanism remains unclear. Here, we investigated a…2017 American Transplant Congress
Polypharmacy and Frailty in Kidney Transplant Recipients.
Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins Medicine Institute, Baltimore, MD
Frailty is common in kidney transplant (KT) recipients with a prevalence of 20%, and is associated with post-KT adverse events including mortality, DGF, early hospital…2017 American Transplant Congress
Very Long Term Graft Survival. Forecasts Factors.
Nephrology, Hospital Ramon y Cajal, Madrid, Spain
Introduction: Kidney transplantation is the best treatment for end-stage renal failure. Between 2 and 5% of transplanted grafts are lost each year and only a…2017 American Transplant Congress
TNF[part]-I After Kidney Transplantation.
Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Infliximab, adalimumab and etanercept are monoclonal antibodies which inhibit tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF[part]-I) and are used in the treatment of inflammatory diseases such as…2017 American Transplant Congress
Liver Transplantation Using Pediatric versus Adult Donor Grafts in Adult Recipients.
The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
Background: The reported outcomes of adult liver transplantation using pediatric livers are largely controversial based on single center studies. We aimed to answer this clinical…2017 American Transplant Congress
A Surge in Liver Donors After Years of Decline, Is This the Tip of the Iceberg?
The number of liver donors has steadily declined since 2006, despite numerous efforts to increase donation. Then in 2013 to the current projected numbers for…2017 American Transplant Congress
Post-Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder: Risk Analysis for Pancreas Transplant Patients.
Dept of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Objective: Determine incidence, risk factors, and impact of PTLD in pancreas transplantation (PTx).Methods: Retrospective review of all PTx performed between 7/25/1978 and 12/17/2015 at a…2017 American Transplant Congress
Send Diabetes on a Long Trip: The Pancreas Travels Well.
Surgery, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY
Pancreas transplantation (PTx) has been on a dramatic decline in the last decade. Numerous factors have contributed to the waning momentum seen in the early…2017 American Transplant Congress
Comparative Analysis of Four Surgical Techniques in More Than 700 Pancreas Transplantes in a Single Center.
Organ Transplantation, Bandeirantes Hospital, Sao Paulo, Brazil
There are several operative techniques in pancreas transplantation (PT) and controversy over the superiority of some of them. This study presents experience with 4 different…
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