2018 American Transplant Congress
Two Years of the HOPE Act
1United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA; 2Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.
The HOPE Act allows research on transplantation of organs from HIV+ donors into patients infected with HIV prior to transplantation. There are 42 kidney and…2018 American Transplant Congress
Potential Living Donors Identified through Social Media
Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
Purpose: We previously described a smartphone application that harnesses social media to increase potential living donors among kidney and liver transplant candidates. We compared potential…2018 American Transplant Congress
Treatment of Post Transplant Hepatitis C (HCV) with Direct-Acting Antiviral (DAA) Agents May Improve Liver Function but Does Not Lead to an Increase in Liver Rejection
Surgery, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT.
Previous studies have suggested that with the use of with (DAA) agents to treat post transplant (HCV), there has been an increased incidence of liver…2018 American Transplant Congress
Survival Rates of Patients with Previous Cardiac Surgery Undergoing Lung Transplant
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH.
Background: Severe heart diseases are traditionally considered a contraindication for Lung transplantation (LTx). There are suggestions that patients with severe heart diseases undergoing LTx will…2018 American Transplant Congress
Selection and Stratification of Anti-HLA-A and HLA-B Sensitized Patients in Pig-to-Human Xenotransplantation
Introduction: Patients with anti-HLA-A and –B antibodies are difficult to match and represent a possible population for inclusion in pig-to-human xenotransplantation clinical trials. Donor specific…2018 American Transplant Congress
Use of HCV Ab+/NAT- Donors in HCV Naïve Renal Transplant Recipients
1Univeristy of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH; 2The Christ Hospital, Cincinnati, OH.
The continued organ shortage in renal transplantation (RT) has stimulated use of organs from increased-risk donors to expand the donor pool. The rate of denovo…2018 American Transplant Congress
Risk Factors for Chronic Opioid Use after Kidney Transplantation
Opioid use is associated with increased complications, graft loss, and mortality in the kidney transplant (KTX) population. The aim of our study was to identify…2018 American Transplant Congress
Secular Trends in the Medical Complexity and Outcomes of Medicare-Insured Patients Undergoing Kidney Transplant
1Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA; 2Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.
Graft and patient survival following kidney transplant (KT) are improving. The reasons for this trend are unclear. We set out to examine concurrent changes in…2018 American Transplant Congress
Anti-TIRC7 Antibody Acts Synergistically with Tacrolimus in Promoting Graft Survival in a Rat Kidney Transplant Model
Background: Induction of T cell immune response c-DNA (TIRC7) is restricted to activated lymphocytes. Modulation of TIRC7 signalling prevents immune activation specifically at the site…2018 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes after HIV+ Kidney Transplant: A HOPE in Action Study
The HIV Organ Policy Equity (HOPE) Act allows HIV-infected donor (HIV D+) organs to be transplanted into HIV+ recipients (HIV R+) under research protocols. We…
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