Am J Transplant, Volume 18, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 130 of 211 - ATC Abstracts

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Liver Transplantation as a Life Saving Procedure after Post Resection Liver Failure and Iatrogenic Liver Injuries
T. Thorsen,¹ J. Solheim,¹ R. Horneland,¹ P-.D. Line,¹ K. Labori,² E. Aandahl.¹
¹Section for Transplant Surgery, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway; ²Section for Hepatobiliary Surgery, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
Introduction: Iatrogenic injuries to vital structures of the liver and liver failure post liver resection are both associated with high mortality. Selected patients that were…
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Surveillance for Mycoplasma/Ureaplasma Infection in Lung Transplant Recipients (LTRs)
L. Somerville, W. Sligl, N. Zelyas, D. Lien, J. Preiksaitis.
University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Introduction: An association with Ureplasma urealyticum, Ureaplasma parvum and Mycoplasma hominis infections has been proposed to play a causative role in hyperammonemia syndrome (HS), a…
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Simultaneous Persistence and Development of Donor and Recipient Tissue Resident Memory T Cells in Lung Transplantation
M. Snyder,¹ T. Connors,² C. Marboe,³ L. Benvenuto,¹ L. Shah,¹ H. Robbins,¹ J. Hook,¹ F. D'Ovidio,⁴ M. Bacchetta,⁴ J. Sonnett,⁴ S. Arcasoy,¹ D. Farber.^4,5
¹Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY; ²Pediatrics, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY; ³Pathology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY; ⁴Surgery, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY; ⁵Microbiology & Immunology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY.
Introduction: The predominant T cell population in the lung comprises non-circulating tissue-resident memory T cells (TRM); however, the fate of these cells in transplanted lung…
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Trends of Racial and Education Disparity in Post-Kidney-Transplant Graft Survival and Patient Survival: Do Different Metrics Lead to Different Conclusions?
M. Garber, K. Ross, R. Hamoda, L. Plantinga, R. Patzer.
Emory University, Atlanta.
Background: Monitoring trends in racial and socioeconomic disparity in disease outcomes is a Healthy People 2020 priority. For some chronic disease outcomes, such as cancer…
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You've Gotta Have HOPE: Seeking HIV Donors in a Large US OPO
A. Friedman,¹ S. Huprikar,² K. Delli Carpini.¹
¹LiveOnNY, NY; ²Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, NY.
Passage of the HOPE Act in 2013 led to important workflow changes within a large US organ procurement organization (OPO). The initial triage process for…
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Donor Bacteremia Does Not Impact Survival Following Heart Transplantation: A UNOS Registry Review
S. Hirji, A. Woolley, M. Pelletier, P. Shekar, F. Yazdchi, H. Mallidi, S. Singh.
Division of Cardiac Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA.
Background: There is a reluctance to transplant organs from donors who are bacteremic due to concern for transmission of the infection to the recipient leading…
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Diagnosis and Prevalence of Strongyloidiasis in Solid Organ Transplant Patients
H. Pritchard,¹ V. Hemmige,¹ R. Mejia,² A. Restrepo.¹
¹Division of Infectious Diseases, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX; ²National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.
Background: Immunosuppression of a host with chronic Strongyloides stercoralis infection can lead to dissemination, with a fatality rate of up to 85%. Screening for S.…
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Effects of Preformed Antibody on Survival Following Pig-to-Primate Liver Xenotransplantation
N. Louras, M. Patel, J. Shah, A. Andrews, Z. Wang, D. Sachs, P. Vagefi.
Transplant Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
Objectives:Xenotransplantation represents the best near-term solution to address the current organ shortage. We have developed a pre-clinical model of pig-to-primate liver xenotransplantation (LXT), and now…
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Exenatide Reduces Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury in Donation after Cardiac Death Rat Kidney Transplantation
H. Yang,¹ Y. Shi,² X. Li,¹ C. Long,¹ Z. Xu,¹ L. Luo,¹ W. Luo,¹ Y. Zhang,¹ T. Zeng,³ M. Chen,⁴ H. Li,⁵ Z. Wang.⁵
¹Department of Organ Transplantation, People's Hospital of Jiangxi Province, Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, China; ²Department of Pathology, Central Hospital of Wuhan, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China; ³Department of Urologic Surgery, People's Hospital of Jiangxi Province, Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, China; ⁴Department of Vascular Surgery, People's Hospital of Jiangxi Province, Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, China; ⁵Department of Urologic Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.
Background: Exenatide provide protection against warm Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury (IRI) in the rat heart and kidney. We hypothesized that Exenatide reduces IRI in a rat donation…
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Supercooling of Human Livers to Extend the Preservation Time for Transplantation
R. de Vries,^1,2 S. Tessier,^1,2 P. Banik,^1,2 S. Ozer,^1,2 S. Napgal,^1,2 S. Cronin,^1,2 J. Markmann,^1,2 H. Yeh,^1,2 K. Uygun.^1,2
¹Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; ²Center for Engineering in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
Introduction: Extending the maximum preservation time of donor organs could dramatically improve the outcome of organ transplantation. Static cold storage (SCS) at +5[deg]C is the…