Am J Transplant, Volume 18, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 75 of 211 - ATC Abstracts

2018 American Transplant Congress
High Prevalence of Hypertension and Alterations in Rhythmicity in Recipients of Pediatric Transplants
N. Memaran,¹ M. Kirchner,² R. Blöte,¹ B. Maecker-Kolhoff,³ I. Goldschmidt,¹ C. Müller,⁴ J. Epping,⁵ R. Sugianto,¹ B. Borchert,¹ B. Schmidt,⁶ E. Wühl,⁷ A. Melk.¹
¹Department of Pediatric Kidney, Liver and Metabolic Diseases, Hannover Med. School, Hanover, Germany; ²Department of Medical Biometry, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; ³Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Hannover Med. School, Hanover, Germany; ⁴Department of Pediatric Pulmonology, Allergology, and Neonatology, Hannover Med. School, Hanover, Germany; ⁵Department of Medical Sociology, Hannover Med. School, Hanover, Germany; ⁶Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Hannover Med. School, Hanover, Germany; ⁷Division of Pediatric Nephrology, University Children's Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.
Hypertension (HTN) is a major issue after transplantation (Tx). Ambulatory blood pressure (BP) monitoring (ABPM) permits the diagnosis of masked HTN and nocturnal HTN. Fourier…
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Cost Analysis of Biliary Strictures Following Orthotopic Liver Transplantation in the United States
J. Jones,¹ N. Bhutiani,¹ D. Wei,² L. Goldstein,³ R. Martin,¹ C. Jones,¹ R. Cannon.¹
¹Surgery, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY; ²Real-world Data Analytics and Research, Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, NJ; ³Health Economics and Market Access, Ethicon, Inc., Somerville, NJ.
Introduction: While previous studies have evaluated risk factors, management, and outcomes in patients who develop biliary strictures (BS) after undergoing orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT), none…
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Providing Transplant Candidates with Patient-Specific Public Reports about Programs That Transplant Patients Like Them
C. Schaffhausen,^1,4 M. Bruin,³ S. Chu,³ A. Matas,⁵ J. Lake,⁶ W. Kim,^7,4 S. Biggins,⁸ J. Snyder,^2,4 B. Kasiske,^1,4 A. Israni.^1,2
¹Department of Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC), University of Minnesota (UMN), Minneapolis, MN; ²Department of Epidemiology and Community Health, UMN, Minneapolis, MN; ³College of Design, UMN, Minneapolis, MN; ⁴Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation, Minneapolis, MN; ⁵Department of Surgery, UMN, Minneapolis, MN; ⁶Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, UMN, Minneapolis, MN; ⁷Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA; ⁸Division of Hepatology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
The Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) provides federally mandated program-specific reports (PSR) to the public. Previous patient feedback indicated interest in tailoring search information…
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The Effect of Pre-Transplant Insomnia and Post-Transplant Insomnia on Survival among Solid Organ Recipients
K-.F. Lee,² Y. Tsai,¹ C. Lin,¹ C-.B. Hsieh,^3,5 S. Wu,⁴ T. Chen,⁵ Y-.C. Lin,¹ W-.H. Lee,^6,7 F. Lin,⁸ C. Tsai.^1,9,10
¹Cardiovascular Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; ²Biobank Management Center, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; ³General Surgery, Hualien Armed Forces General Hospital, Hualien County, Taiwan; ⁴Urology, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; ⁵General Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; ⁶Pathology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan; ⁷Pathology, Taipei Medical University-Shuang Ho Hospital, New Taipei, Taiwan; ⁸Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan; ⁹Cardiovascular Surgery, Taoyuan Armed Forces General Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan; ¹⁰Graduate Institute of Pharmacology, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan.
BackgroundBecause studies about insomnia among organ recipients were scarce, we used National Health Insurance Research Database (NHIRD) between 2001 and 2012 to understand how pre-transplant…
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Pretransplant Use of Rituximab is Associated with Posttransplant Malignancies Events and Death by Neoplasia in Incompatibility Living Donor Kidney Transplants
I. Revuelta,^1,2,3,4 V. Tubita,² D. Cucchiari,^1,2 E. De Sousa,¹ P. Piselli,⁵ M. Lozano,⁶ J. Cid,⁶ E. Palou,⁷ J. Martorell,⁷ F. Oppenheimer,^1,2,3,4 F. Diekmann,^1,2,3,4 J. Campistol.^1,2,3,4
¹Renal Transplant Unit. Department of Nephrology and Kidney Transplant. Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain; ²Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain; ³REDINREN, Madrid, Spain; ⁴Barcelona University, Barcelona, Spain; ⁵Dipartamento di Epidemiologia e Ricerca Pre-Clinica. IRCCC, Roma, Italy; ⁶Department of Apheresis. Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain; ⁷Department of Immunology. Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain.
Introduction: Incompatibilities is a challenge in kidney transplantation. Potent immunosuppression approach based on desensitization protocols (DS) are usually needed; However, controversies in results and lack…
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Rapamycin Therapy Impairs Treg Expression of CXCR3 and Limits Treg-Dependent Survival of Vascularized Composite Allotransplants
H. Xu,¹ Z. Chen,² W. Hancock,^3,4 S. Levin,⁵ Y. Zhang.¹
¹Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Shanghai 9th People's Hospital, Medicine School of Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China; ²Institute of Immunology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; ³Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia; ⁴Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; ⁵Orthopaedic Surgery and Plastic Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation (VCA) is a procedure to restore limb function or facial appearance. Rapamycin is used in efforts to preserve host Treg function and…
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Influence of Dendritic Cell Subsets on Enhancing Oral Tolerance in Cardiac Transplantation Model
G. Gu, T. Lu, N. Xu, Q. Xia.
Department of Liver Surgery, Renji Hospital, Affiliated by Shanghai Jiaotong University Medical School, Shanghai, China.
Oral tolerance has been implicated in the protection of transplant rejection in the animal models. Antigen presenting cells (APCs) are responsible for sampling their environment…
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Pre-Transplant versus De Novo Donor Specific Antibodies: Differences in Clinical Outcomes and Antibody Mediated Rejection
M. Ajaimy, N. Hayde, A. Colovai, E. Akalin.
Montefiore-Einstein Transplant Center, Montefiore-Einstein Transplant Center, Bronx.
Background: Antibody mediated rejection (ABMR) can occur through pre-transplant(tx) vs. de novo donor specific antibodies (DSA). Clinical outcomes, allograft injury and dynamics of DSAs have…
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Timing of Treatment for Chronic Hepatitis C Infection in Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease Awaiting Transplantation
M. Eckman,¹ E. Woodle,² C. Thakar,¹ F. Paterno,² K. Sherman.¹
¹Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH; ²Surgery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH.
BackgroundIt is unclear whether patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and end-stage renal disease (ESRD) should be treated for HCV before transplant or…
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Time-Effect of Donor and Recipient Characteristics on Graft Survival after Kidney Transplantation
E. Molmenti,¹ J. Yang,³ C. Molmenti,² E. Grodstein,¹ H. Rilo,¹ L. Teperman.¹
¹Surgery, Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Manhasset, NY; ²Feinstein Institute, Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Manhasset, NY; ³Epidemiology, Mailman Schoool of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY.
BackgroundThe current kidney allocation system (KAS) is based on the Kidney Donor Profile Index (KDPI) and the Estimated Post-Transplant Survival (EPTS), quality-based “longevity matching” strategies…