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  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    High Dose Tissue Plasminogen Activator Flush during Donation-after-Cardiac-Death (DCD) Liver Procurements Offers Optimal Outcomes

    J. Torabi,2 J. Graham,1,2 S. Bellmare,1,2 M. Kinkhabwala,1,2 J. Rocca.1,2

    1Montefiore Center for Transplantation, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY; 2Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY.

    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?

    A. Mena-Gutierrez, K. Alquadan, A. Santos, K. Womer, M. Casey.

    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

    A. Aala, M. Philogene, N. Alachkar.

    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

    E. Lee,1 J. Jeon,1 S. Kim,1 M. Kim,1 K. Lee,1 H. Jang,1 J. Lee,1 J. Hwang,2 D. Kim,1 Y-.G. Kim,1 H. Oh,1 W. Huh,1 J. Kim.3

    1Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea; 2Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Seoul National University BunDang Hospital, Sungnam, Republic of Korea; 3Department of Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea.

    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

    R. Shah,1 M. Aull,2 A. Watkins,2 S. Kapur.2

    1Department of Surgery, Lincoln Medical Center, New York, NY; 2Surgery/Transplant Surgery, NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY.

    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

    G. Mitro, O. Ekwenna, M. Rees, J. Ortiz.

    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

    S. Albatati,1 A. Sharma,2 S. Gantt,1 K. Haubrich,1 A. Wright,1 T. Blydt-Hansen.1

    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

    M. Guthoff,1 T. Mühlbacher,1 S. Nadalin,2 N. Heyne.1

    1Dept. of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Angiology, Nephrology and Clinical Chemistry, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany; 2Dept. of General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.

    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

    Z. Wang,1 P. Liu,2 G. Tseng,2 G. Zeng,1 P. Randhawa.1

    1Transplant Pathology, Thomas E Starzl Transplant Institute, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA; 2Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, and University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.

    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

    Z. Guo, Z. Zhu, S. Huang, Y. Tang, Z. Zhang, X. He, G. Chen.

    Organ Transplant Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.

    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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