2018 American Transplant Congress
High Dose Tissue Plasminogen Activator Flush during Donation-after-Cardiac-Death (DCD) Liver Procurements Offers Optimal Outcomes
BackgroundEfforts to expand the donor pool have resulted in increased utilization of donation-after-cardiac-death (DCD) liver donors. Here we report on our experience using high dose…2018 American Transplant Congress
How Safe is Immunosuppression Maintenance 1 Year after Renal Allograft Failure?
University of Florida, Gainesville.
In 2013, our center opened a specialty clinic to maintain immunosuppression (IS) after renal graft failure in an attempt to minimize further sensitization in retransplant…2018 American Transplant Congress
Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor Antibodies as Markers of Post Transplant Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis and Proteinuria
Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
Background:Angiotensin II type 1 receptor (AT1R) is highly expressed on the endothelial cells and podocytes, which play an essential role in the maintenance of vascular…2018 American Transplant Congress
The Combination of Area under Curve of Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate for 2 Years and Annual Rate Change of Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate Predicts Long-Term Graft Survival in Kidney Transplants
Improvement of short-term outcomes in kidney transplant (KT) has required clinical trials to evaluate long-term hard outcomes for validation of new therapies. However, because of…2018 American Transplant Congress
Excellent Long Term Outcomes Transplanting Single Pediatric Kidneys from Donors Five Years and Younger into Adult Recipients
Pediatric kidneys have been traditionally considered marginal organs for transplantation & are underutilized given concerns of poor outcomes. Furthermore, long term outcomes of single kidneys…2018 American Transplant Congress
Renal Allograft Transplantation among Middle Eastern Population with Alemtuzumab Induction
University of Toledo College of Medicine, Toledo, OH.
Introduction: Renal allograft recipients of Middle Eastern (ME) heritage are often grouped together with Caucasians (CAU) for analysis. This abstract seeks to explore whether ME…2018 American Transplant Congress
Val-Ganciclovir Prophylaxis Delays Onset of EBV Viremia in the First Year Post-Solid Organ Transplantation in High-Risk Patients
1University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; 2University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
Introduction: Donor-derived primary Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection poses serious risks to EBV naïve children post-solid organ transplantation, including development of EBV-related PTLD. Currently, there is…2018 American Transplant Congress
How Evaluation for Living Kidney Donation Saved My Life
Purpose:In order to ensure eligibility for living kidney donation, donor candidates undergo a thorough medical evaluation. This evaluation process might reveal previously unknown medical conditions,…2018 American Transplant Congress
Performance of Molecular Diagnostic Algorithms of T-Cell Mediated Kidney Rejection (TCMR) in Non-Transplant Biopsies with Interstitial Nephritis
DNA microarray based tools for the diagnosis of TCMR have been developed and are now being offered commercially. There is need to further evaluate the…2018 American Transplant Congress
Receiving Hypertensive Donor Has an Inferior Prognosis in Simultaneous Liver Kidney Transplantation Recipient
Background: The impacts of hypertensive (HTN) donor on the prognosis of simultaneous liver kidney transplantation (SLKT) patient are not known to date, and an applicable…
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