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  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    The Utility of an Online Survival Calculator in Selecting Older Candidates for Kidney Transplantation

    M. Shwetar, K. Abdel-Kader, B. Concepcion.

    Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.

    Background: Older patients referred for kidney transplantation are medically complex. A posttransplant survival prediction model is publicly available online and may aid physicians in selecting…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Predictors of Early Graft Loss in Older Kidney Transplant Recipients

    P. Amaechi, R. Rodriguez, V. Rao, D. Taber, M. Posadas Salas.

    Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC.

    Older kidney transplant recipients are vulnerable to early graft loss likely due to frailty and burden of comorbidities. Other factors not inherent to the recipient…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Comprehensive Efficacy Analysis of Pancreas Transplantation Alone for Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus

    Y. Kudva,1 V. Dadlani,1 B. Smith,3 K. Bebjakova,1 P. Dean,2 M. Stegall.2

    1Division of Endocrinology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; 2Department of Transplantation Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; 3Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.

    Introduction: Pancreas transplantation alone (PTA) is an accepted procedure for selected patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1D). However, limited data exist regarding long term…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    How Should Pancreas Transplant Rejection Be Treated?

    F. Aziz, S. Parajuli, S. Salahuddin, K. Harrold, A. Djamali, B. Astor, J. Odorico, D. Mandelbrot.

    Department of Nephrology, University of Wisconsin, Madison.

    How Should Pancreas Transplant Rejection be Treated?Background: There is limited information about how to approach the treatment of pancreas rejection, particularly regarding the use of…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Obese Patients Show Resistance to Narcotics Reduction after TPIAT for Chronic Pancreatitis

    G. Yoshimatsu,1 B. Naziruddin,3 K. Kumano,2 H. Fernandez,3 E. Beecherl,3 N. Onaca.3

    1Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, Japan; 2Baylor Scott and White Research Institute, Dallas; 3Baylor Simmons Transplant Institute, Dallas.

    Total pancreatectomy with islet autotransplantation (TPIAT) is an effective treatment option for chronic pancreatitis patients with refractory pain. Patients with high BMI (>30) are known…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Multidisciplinary Approach to Prevention of Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Complications in Kidney and Liver Transplant Recipients

    S. Shoham,1 S. Anderson,2 R. Avery,1 M. Belden,3 L. Boyer,3 W. Cochran,3 N. Desai,1 M. Holechek,3 E. Kraus,1 J. Langlee,3 P. Spitz,2 K. Marr.1

    1Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; 2IT@JH Epic, JHMI: Johns Hopkins Health System, Baltimore, MD; 3Comprehensive Transplant Center, JHMI: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD.

    Background: CMV infection can be prevented in most SOT recipients providing that a prevention protocol is followed. We discovered that our center's protocol, which includes…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Mitochondrial Membrane Permeability Plays a Critical Role for Endothelial Cell Necroptosis and Cardiac Allograft Rejection

    I. Gan, J. Jiang, D. Lian, X. Huang, W. Liu, A. Haig, A. Jevnikar, Z. Zhang.

    Matthew Mailing Centre for Translational Transplant Studies, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada; Multi Organ Transplant Program, London Health Sciences Centre, London, ON, Canada; Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada; Medicine, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada.

    Background: Transplant injury is invariably associated with programmed cell death resulting in delayed graft function and organ rejection. We were the first to describe receptor-interacting…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Acute Murine CMV Infection Results in Loss of Intragraft CD73HIFR4HIPD1+ CD4 T Cells and Graft Rejection in Previously Tolerant Recipients

    A. Dangi,1 L. Zhang,1 X. Zhang,2 X. Luo.1,2

    1Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL; 2Comprehensive Transplant Center, Department of Surgery, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL.

    Background: Transplantation tolerance in human recipients has been achieved in recent trials. Nevertheless, the impact of highly prevalent and clinically relevant cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection on…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Organ-Specific Differences in a Thymoglobulin and Belatacept-Based Protocol for Tolerance Induction in Non-Human Primates

    W. Sommer, J. O., K. Robinson, A. Dehnadi, M. Hanekamp, I. Rosales, K. Pruner, R. Smith, R. Colvin, T. Kawai, G. Benichou, J. Madsen, J. Allan.

    Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.

    In non-human primate lung transplantation, allograft acceptance has been achieved using a delayed mixed-chimerism approach consisting of 4 months of triple-drug immunosuppression followed by donor…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Genome-Wide Association Study Assessing Risk of Rejection in Pediatric Transplant Recipients

    T. Papaz,1 S. Min,1 O. Lee,1 T. Blydt-Hansen,3 U. Allen,1 Y. Avitzur,1 P. Birk,2 B. Foster,4 H. Grasemann,1 L. Hamiwka,5 R. Parekh,1 V. Phan,6 S. Urschel,7 S. Mital.1

    1SickKids Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada; 2Winnipeg Children's Hospital, Winnipeg, MB, Canada; 3BC Children's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada; 4Montreal Children's Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada; 5Alberta Children's Hospital, Calgary, AB, Canada; 6CHU Sainte Justines, Montreal, QC, Canada; 7Stollery Children's Hospital, Edmonton, AB, Canada.

    Background: Rejection risk varies after solid organ transplantation (SOT). We explored genomic variants associated with susceptibility to graft rejection.Methods: SOTs enrolled in a multicenter prospective…
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