2019 American Transplant Congress
Microsteatosis in Livers from Donation after Circulatory Death (DCD) Donors is Associated with Inferior Graft and Patient Survival Following Liver Transplantation (LTX)
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
*Purpose: The current theory is that severe macrosteatosis (MaS) (>50%) in livers recovered from donation after brain death (DBD) donors leads to increased rates of…2019 American Transplant Congress
Analysis Of Public Health Service Increased Risk Donors Shows No Viral Transmission In Liver Transplant Recipients And Similar Graft / Patient Survival When Compared To Non-increased Risk Donors
Department of Surgery, The Dumont-UCLA Transplant Center, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Public Health Service increased risk donors (PHS-IRD) are underutilized in liver transplant (LT) due to concern for transmission of viral (HBV, HCV, and HIV)…2019 American Transplant Congress
Management and Outcome of Hepatic Artery Thrombosis in Pediatric Liver Transplantation
Pediatric Surgery and Transplantation Unit, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium
*Purpose: Hepatic artery thrombosis (HAT) still constitutes a particular challenge in terms of prevention and management in pediatric liver transplantation (LT). This work reviews the…2019 American Transplant Congress
Oral Ribavirin Therapy for Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) in Lung Transplant Recipients: The Impact of Policy Implementation on Cost and Appropriate Use
Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: RSV is a leading cause of viral infections in lung transplant recipients and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. While the role of…2019 American Transplant Congress
Lung Transplantation in the Elderly Patients with Multi-Comorbidities
Temple University Health System / Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: Recently there is an outstanding steadily increase in elderly patients above 70 years old who are referred to our center as potential candidates for…2019 American Transplant Congress
Short and Long Term Outcomes of Retrograde vs Antegrade Reperfusion of Liver Transplants. A Propensity Matched Pair Analysis
Transplant Surgery, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
*Purpose: There are no published studies to compare long-term outcomes of retrograde-reperfusion-technique (RR) compared to antegrade-reperfusion-technique (AR) in liver-transplantation (LT). This retrospective-cohort-study compares short/long-term outcomes…2019 American Transplant Congress
Utility of Protocol Ultrasound Surveillance in Liver Transplantation
*Purpose: The purpose of this study was to assess the utilization of doppler ultrasound in the immediate post-operative period of liver transplant patients. We hypothesized…2019 American Transplant Congress
The Dry Weight Revealed!, What Transplanted Kidneys Teach Us about the (Dry Weight).
*Purpose: Volume overload in patients with ESRD/CKD V patients is associated with worse operative outcomes and potentially higher rate of delayed graft function, in addition…2019 American Transplant Congress
Absence of Antibodies in Human Neonates and Infants to Gtko/cmahko/β4galnt2ko (Triple Gene Knockout) Pig Cells: Relevance to Cardiac Xenotransplantation for Complex Congenital Heart Disease
1Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 2Revivicor Inc., Blacksburg, VA
*Purpose: Heart transplantation (Tx) in neonates is associated with the best results of any organ Tx, but the lack of deceased human donor hearts in…2019 American Transplant Congress
Pre-emptive Ivig For Dsa Positive Living Donor Kidney Transplant Recipients
*Purpose: Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) is used in desensitization regimens to modulate anti-human leukocyte antigen (HLA) donor-specific antibody (DSA) to facilitate transplantation of sensitized patients, however,…
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