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

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Detection of Different Gene Expression Profiles in CD8⁺ T Cells from Chronic High EBV Load Carriers after Pediatric Heart and Liver Transplantation
M. Yamada,^1,2 C. Macedo,² X. Gu,² M. Michaels,^1,2 M. Green,^1,2 C. Nguyen,^1,2 U. Chandran,³ B. Feingold,^1,2 G. Mazariegos,^1,2 D. Metes.^1,2
¹Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA; ²Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, Pittsburgh, PA; ³Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.
Background: EBV infection and post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorders (PTLD) are life-threatening complications of pediatric solid organ transplantation (Tx). The risk for PTLD varies by transplanted organ,…
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Containment of Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) Infections at a Solid Organ Transplant Centre
A. Mularoni,¹ G. Martucci,¹ S. Gruttadauria,¹ M. Campanella,¹ F. Tuzzolino,¹ G. Arena,¹ A. Arcadipane,¹ U. Palazzo,¹ A. Luca,¹ B. Gridelli,¹ P. Grossi.²
¹ISMETT-IRCCS, Palermo, Italy; ²University of Insubria, Varese, Italy.
Objectives The aim is to describe epidemiology and analyze the effectiveness of the intervention in CRE containment in SOT patients (pts).Methods In 2012 a taskforce…
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Linking Donor Ischemia Reperfusion Injury (IRI) to Costimulatory Blockade Resistant Murine Heart Graft Rejection through Complement-Initiated Necroptosis
R. Ang, N. Chun, A. Ting, P. Heeger.
Immunology Institute, Translational Transplant Research, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY.
We previously showed that prolonged cold ischemic storage (CIS) of donor B6 hearts results in complement dependent, CTLA4Ig-resistant rejection in BALB/c recipients. In this system,…
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How Safe is Crossing the ABO Blood Group Barrier? A Meta-Analysis to Determine the Additive Risk of ABO-Incompatible Kidney Transplantation
A. de Weerd, M. Betjes.
Nephrology and Kidney Transplantation, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Background ABO blood group-incompatible (ABOi) kidney transplantation is considered a safe procedure, with non-inferior outcomes in large cohort studies. Its contribution to living kidney transplantation…
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Frailty Assessment Pilot Study in Older Kidney Transplant Recipients
B. Abdalla, B. Hale-Durbin, J. Schaenman, C. Lee, G. Danovitch.
UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.
Older patients are more often being considered for kidney transplantation, however many candidates are on the waitlist for several years. We sought to evaluate the…
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Anticoagulation in Pediatric Liver Transplantation; the Pros and Cons
M. Werner,¹ R. de Kleine,¹ M. de Boer,¹ V. de Meijer,¹ R. Scheenstra,² H-.J. Verkade,² F. Bodewes,² S. Bontemps,³ T. Lisman,¹ R. Porte.¹
¹HPB Surgery & Liver Transplantation, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands; ²Pediatric Gastroenterology & Hepatology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands; ³Pediatric Intensive Care, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands.
Background: Hepatic artery thrombosis (HAT) and portal vein thrombosis (PVT) are serious causes of morbidity and mortality after pediatric orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). To minimize…
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Pancreas Transplant Alone (PTA) Outcome is Best in Brittle Diabetic Patients without Advanced Nephropathy
M. Laftavi,¹ A. Gruessner,² O. Pankewycz,¹ B. Kaylene,² S. Sidharth,² R. Gruessner.
¹SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY; ²SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY.
Introduction: Although the overall number of pancreas transplants in combination with or after a kidney transplant have declined, the number of PTA has remained relatively…
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Lab Turnaround Times: A Performance Improvement Project in Post Kidney/Pancreas Transplant Clinic
M. Farrell, S. Kapadia.
Comprehensive Transplant Center, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles; Comprehensive Transplant Center, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles.
Purpose:Patients' routine labs, including immunosuppression drug levels, are drawn with each clinic visit starting at 6am.Because the drug levels are not reported by the time…
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A Transcriptomic Signature in PBMC from Kidney Transplant Recipients at Baseline Predicts Early Acute Rejection
W. Zhang,¹ Z. Yi,¹ P. Cravedi,¹ L. Li,¹ K. Keung,² C. Wei,¹ M. Menon,¹ J. Dudley,¹ P. O'Connell,² B. Murphy.¹
¹Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY; ²Medicine, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
Background: Our multi-center study (Genomics of Chronic Allograft Rejection, GoCAR) revealed that early acute rejection (EAR, developed before 6 months post-transplant) is associated with later…
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Skeletons in the Closet? An Insight into Donor Liver Discards in the US
K. Halazun, A. Rana, G. Roll, P. Tabrizian, V. Agopian, B. Samstein, R. Brown, J. Emond.
Weill Cornell Medicine, NY, NY.
Background Liver discards are poorly investigated. Among these discarded livers are potentially useable grafts that could save the lives of many of the 2500-3000 who…