2018 American Transplant Congress
Waiting for the Optimal Donor for MCS Patients Awaiting Heart Transplant
Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles.
Purpose: Patients (pts) bridged with mechanical circulatory support (MCS) may require more optimal donors for best outcome compared to non-bridged transplant recipients. MCS pts have…2018 American Transplant Congress
Individualized Immunosuppression through Risk-Stratification in Renal Transplantation Preserves Excellent Outcomes at Three Years
University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA.
Risk-stratification of renal transplant recipients based on immunologic risk factors allows for tailored immunosuppression (IS), but long term follow up is limited. This study evaluates…2018 American Transplant Congress
Chronic Antibody Mediated Rejection in Renal Allografts Shows RNA Transcript Patterns That Evolve with Stage
1Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; 2University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Purpose. Four stages of chronic antibody mediated rejection (CAMR) in renal allografts have been defined in humans and non-human primates (NHP), beginning with donor specific…2018 American Transplant Congress
Tacrolimus and Isavuconazole Therapy: What about the Drug Interaction?
1Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit; 2Wayne State University, Detroit, MI.
Introduction:Isavuconazole (ISV) is a triazole antifungal that is often utilized in solid organ transplant recipients (SOTR) for the treatment of invasive aspergillosis and mucormycosis. Isavuconazole…2018 American Transplant Congress
Robotic Pancreas Transplantation in Obese Recipients: Preliminary Results
1Surgery, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL; 2Surgery, University of Virginia, Virginia, VA.
IntroductionObesity is considered a relative contraindication to pancreas transplantation due to increased risks of wound and surgical related complications. Robotic surgery has never been applied…2018 American Transplant Congress
Risk Factors for Invasive Fungal Infections among Lung Transplant Recipients
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
Objective: Lung transplant (LT) recipients are at high risk of invasive fungal infections (IFI) with an estimated 1-year incidence of 8%. Despite advances in antifungal…2018 American Transplant Congress
Effect of Acute Vascular Inflammation (v) on Death Censored Graft Failure (DCGF) Following Kidney Transplant (KTx)
The impact of acute vascular inflammation in acute cellular or humoral rejection following KTx, and the effect of isolated vascular inflammatory lesions on late DCGF,…2018 American Transplant Congress
Impact of the New KAS on Transplant Rates in Highly-HLA Sensitized (HS) Patients after Desenstization (DES): 3yrs Post Implementation
Kidney Transplant, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, LA, CA.
Introduction: The KAS aims to increase equity in organ allocation for broadly sensitized (HS) patients, especially (CPRA 99-100%). Coupling desensitization (DES) + KAS likely will…2018 American Transplant Congress
Vesicoureteral Reflux after Kidney Transplantation Influences Long-Term Graft Survival
[Introduction] Post-transplant vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) is a complication of kidney transplantation (KT) causing graft interstitial fibrosis and tubular atrophy. However, risk factors for VUR or…2018 American Transplant Congress
Geographic Disparity in Access to Deceased-Donor Liver Transplantation for Pediatric Candidates
1JHU, Baltimore; 2US Naval Academy, Annapolis.
Geographic disparity in access to deceased-donor liver transplantation (DDLT) is largely uncharacterized for pediatric candidates. We investigated geographic disparity in DDLT rates across Donation Service…
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