2018 American Transplant Congress
Hemodynamic and Functional Analysis of Human DCD Hearts Undergoing Normothermic Ex Vivo Perfusion
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.
Heart donation after circulatory death (DCD) is feasible although little is known about the hemodynamic and functional parameters of these marginal donor organs. We conducted…2018 American Transplant Congress
MCS and Desensitization
Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles.
Purpose: Sensitization prior to heart transplantation (HTx) has been associated with increased mortality and rates of rejection as well as an increased incidence of cardiac…2018 American Transplant Congress
Evaluation of Culture/Preservation Conditions on Human Islet Survival and Function
BackgroundIslet transplantation is an effective treatment for type-1 diabetic patients suffering from severe hypoglycemic episodes. Islet culture or preservation post-isolation has been adopted by various…2018 American Transplant Congress
Does Prolonged Cold Ischemia Affect Outcomes in Donation after Cardiac Death Kidney Transplants?
Surgery, Medicine, Pathology, Pharmacy, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC.
Introduction: Prolonged cold ischemia time (CIT) in the setting of donation after cardiac death (DCD), with requisite warm ischemia time (WIT), produces a 'dual hit'…2018 American Transplant Congress
External Validation of Hennepin Transplant Risk Score for Prediction of Short-Term Mortality and Morbidity after Deceased Kidney Transplantation
Introduction: The additive or synergistic effects of multiple co-morbidities at the time of listing on transplant survival is still unclear. Objective scoring systems predicting post-transplant…2018 American Transplant Congress
Induction Type and Outcomes in HLA-DR Mismatch Kidney Transplantation
Nephrology and Hypertension, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA.
In kidney transplantation, donor-recipient HLA-DR mismatch is considered high immunologic risk portending inferior outcomes. We sought to explore the impact of induction type used on…2018 American Transplant Congress
The Influence of Rabbit Antithymocyte Globulin (rATG) Dose on the Incidence of CMV Infection in Kidney Transplant Recipients Receiving No Pharmacological Prophylaxis. A Propensity Score Matched Cohort Analysis
rATG has become the agent of choice for induction therapy in sensitized patients and those receiving expanded criteria donors (ECD) allografts. However, the optimal dose…2018 American Transplant Congress
Mortality of Live Kidney Donors in the UK: 15 Year Comparative Cohort Study
To investigate the all-cause mortality o LDs in comparison with healthy controls.Ethics approval was in place to accrue data from database. Protocol reviewed and passed…2018 American Transplant Congress
Pre-Kidney Transplant Inflammation and Post-Transplant Outcomes.
Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
Background: Patients with ESRD have higher inflammation levels, which may cause adverse outcomes after they receive a kidney transplant (KT). In this study, we quantified…2018 American Transplant Congress
The Internet as a Source of Transplant-Related Information for New Kidney Transplant Candidates
Surgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.
Background: Studies of Internet usage show that a large proportion of Americans turn to the Internet as a source of health information, with many reporting…
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