Am J Transplant, Volume 19, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 116 of 214 - ATC Abstracts

2019 American Transplant Congress
The Experience of Somatostatin to Prevent Small-for-Size Syndrome in Patients with Small Graft in Living Donor Liver Transplantation
D. Kim, K. Yoon, H. Jo, W. Kang
Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: The small-for-size syndrome has to be overcome especially in living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) considering the graft and patient survival and morbidities. We introduce…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Management of Orphan Ducts After Pediatric Living Donor Liver Transplantation
N. Celik¹, A. Ganoza², A. Khanna², G. Bond², K. Soltys², R. Sindhi², J. Crowley³, A. Humar¹, G. Mazariegos²
¹Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Hillman Center for Pediatric Transplantation, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA, ³Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: Living donor (LDLT) and split (SLT) livers are two technical variants of standard liver transplants that potentially increase the number of liver allografts available…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Bespoke Immunosuppression: Prolonging Transplant Survival through Enhanced T-cell Activation Induced Cell Death
R. Costello¹, R. J. Ingram¹, D. Longley², J. McDaid³
¹WWIEM, QUB, Belfast, United Kingdom, ²CCRCB, QUB, Belfast, United Kingdom, ³Renal Transplantation, Belfast City Hospital, Belfast, United Kingdom
*Purpose: We aim to develop donor-specific immunosuppression by inhibiting T-cell cellular FLICE like inhibitory protein (c-FLIP). Our current work focuses on clinically relevant pharmacological inhibitors…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Alteration in Local Complement Activation in First 24h Post-Lung Transplantation (LTx) Helps Identify Recipients Developing Primary Graft Dysfunction
H. Kulkarni¹, M. Elvington², L. Ma¹, M. Cano¹, K. Pugh³, R. Hachem¹, J. Atkinson², A. Gelman³
¹Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Washington University, Saint Louis, MO, ²Rheumatology, Washington University, Saint Louis, MO, ³Surgery, Washington University, Saint Louis, MO
*Purpose: Primary graft dysfunction (PGD) is a form of acute lung injury driven by ischemia-reperfusion mediated damage. An increase in plasma complement proteins - specifically…
2019 American Transplant Congress
The Clinical Outcomes of Kidney Transplant Recipients with Early Graft Failure: A Nationwide Study in South Korea
Y. Kim¹, S. Kwon¹, S. Park¹, J. Moon¹, J. Seon¹, J. Kim¹, M. Yu², K. Han³, D. Kim¹, Y. Kim¹, H. Lee¹
¹Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ²Internal Medicine, Hanyang University Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ³Medical Statistics, Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Despite the graft outcome has been steadily improved over the years, early graft failure (EGF) poses a significant threat to kidney transplant (KT) recipients.…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Beneficial Association between Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone-System Blockade Usage and Graft Prognosis in Allograft Immunoglobulin A Nephropathy
S. Park¹, C. Baek², M. Yu³, Y. Kim¹, J. Moon¹, H. Go², Y. Kim², J. Lee⁴, S. Min¹, J. Ha¹, K. Moon¹, Y. Kim¹, C. Ahn¹, S. Park², H. Lee¹
¹Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ²Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ³Hanyang University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ⁴Seoul National University Hospital, Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Although immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN) is associated with a high risk of renal allograft failure, evidences for its treatment, including renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system blockade (RAASB)…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Differential Diagnosis of Membranous Nephropathy Occurs after Bone Marrow Transplantation and Renal Transplantation
L. Guo¹, H. Wang¹, Y. Tan², J. Shen¹, R. Wang¹, J. Wu¹, J. Chen¹
¹Kidney Disease Center, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, ²First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
*Purpose: Membranous nephropathy (MN), considered as a rare autoimmune kidney disease, often occurs in synchronization with manifestation of chronic graft-versus-host disease after transplantation. After bone…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Regeneration of Kidney with a Novel Biomimetic Vascular Scaffold
S. Min¹, H. Mo¹, A. Han¹, J. Ha¹, J. Yoo²
¹Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul 110-744, Korea, Republic of, ²Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC
*Purpose: Appropriate vascularization is one of the most important issues to be addressed in the clinical application of 3D bioengineered organ.*Methods: We have fabricated biomimetic…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Exploration of the Stanford Integrated Psychosocial Assessment for Transplant with Psychosocial and Medical Outcomes in Kidney/Kidney-Pancreas Transplant Recipients
G. Chen¹, C. Bell², P. Loughhead¹, B. Ibeche², J. S. Bynon², D. R. Hall², A. M. De Golovine², A. Edwards², W. A. Dar²
¹Memorial Hermann Hospital, Houston, TX, ²The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX
*Purpose: The Stanford Integrated Psychosocial Assessment for Transplant (SIPAT) is a psychometric instrument designed to improve organ transplant patient selection. However, limited studies have been…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Is Narrative Storytelling Ethical to Use to Educate the Public about Living Donation? Transplant Professionals Weigh In
W. Balliet¹, L. Holland-Carter¹, S. N. Maurer¹, M. P. Salas¹, C. S. Anderson², O. N. Ranasinghe², A. D. Waterman²
¹Division of Bio-behavioral Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ²Division of Nephrology, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Recent studies suggest that integrating health information through narrative stories can improve understanding of complex health conditions in diverse populations, especially those with low…