2017 American Transplant Congress
Evaluating Online Information on Youtube for Kidney Transplant.
Transplant Surgery, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT
There are many frequently asked questions (FAQs) about kidney transplant that may not be answered by visits to the transplant center. Not all patients have…2017 American Transplant Congress
Raising Awareness of the Importance of Exercise Training in Solid Organ Transplant: A Description of a Canadian Knowledge Dissemination Project.
IntroductionHealthcare professionals are challenged by lack of knowledge of the evidence on optimal ways to assess and train solid organ transplant (SOT) candidates and recipients.…2017 American Transplant Congress
Implementing a Successful DCD Heart Programme to the United Kingdom.
Organ Donation and Transplantation, NHS Blood and Transplant, Bristol, United Kingdom
The UK has the most successful DCD heart programme in the world which has primarily been developed in one region in England. Due to a…2017 American Transplant Congress
Post-Transplant Sensitization: Does it Make a Difference in the Development of First-Year Intimal Thickening?
Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, Los Angeles
Background: The development of donor specific antibody (DSA) after heart transplantation has been reported to be associated with the development of cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV).…2017 American Transplant Congress
The Beneficial Effects of mTOR Inhibitors on Liver Resident Natural Killer Cells.
Gastroenterological and Transplant Surgery, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
(Background) The immunosuppressive regimen currently used after organ transplantation reduces adaptive components. Therefore, the innate immune cells play pivotal roles in immune surveillance and defense…2017 American Transplant Congress
NAFLD in Kidney Transplant Candidates.
Tampa General Medical Group, Tampa, FL
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is becoming the leading cause for liver transplant, and it is the most rapidly growing indication for simultaneous liver-kidney transplant…2017 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Transplantation in Octogenarians: The Mayo Clinic Experience.
Transplant Center, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
BackgroundKidney transplantation (KTx) is the preferred renal replacement therapy in selected individuals.There is limited data on transplantation of octogenarians. The purpose of this study was…2017 American Transplant Congress
NFAT-Regulated Cytokine Gene Expression for Immune Monitoring in Kidney Transplant Recipients – A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Purpose: To demonstrate that a pharmacodynamics assay using Real Time (RT)-PCR to measure residual expression (RE) of nuclear factor of activated T cell (NFAT)-dependent cytokines…2017 American Transplant Congress
Racial Differences in Liver Cirrhosis-Related Mortality Among Patients with Model for End-Stage Liver Disease Sodium Score (MELDNa) ≤ 15.
Introduction:Subpopulations of patients with liver cirrhosis exist for whom the Model for End-Stage Liver Disease Sodium Score (MELDNa) is suboptimal for mortality prediction and who…2017 American Transplant Congress
Hypothermic Pulsatile Machine Perfusion for Human Pancreas Preservation.
Institute of Transplantation Urology, and Nephrology, Nantes University Hospital, Nantes, France
Pancreas transplantation is one of the best treatment for selected insulin-dependent diabetic patients. The pancreas is high vulnerable to ischemic damage and re-perfusion injury which…
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