Am J Transplant, Volume 19, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 175 of 214 - ATC Abstracts

2019 American Transplant Congress
Potential Living Kidney Donors’ Interest in Kidney Paired and Non-Directed Donation
D. R. Helfer¹, A. D. Love¹, J. M. Konel¹, J. Stanton², M. G. Bowring¹, K. Kumar¹, S. R. Weeks¹, M. L. Henderson¹, D. L. Segev¹, A. M. Cameron¹, J. M. Garonzik Wang¹
¹Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ²East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
*Purpose: Kidney Paired (KPD) and Non-Directed Donation (NDD) are avenues to increase living donation and address organ shortage. We investigated interest in KPD and NDD…
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DOME: A New Strategy for Prioritizing Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patients on the Liver Transplant Waitlist
C. Rickert¹, M. Akan², Z. Leung³, J. F. Markmann¹, S. Tayur², H. Zhao³, H. Yeh¹
¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, ³City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
*Purpose: Currently, adult HCC patients are prioritized for liver transplantation by receiving MELD exception points, determined primarily by time on waitlist without regard to actual…
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Successful Kidney Transplantation of Highly Sensitized Candidates across Positive Cross Match and Strong Donor-Specific HLA-DP Antibodies without Desensitization
R. Rajalingam¹, D. D. Gae², Z. G. Laszik³, M. M. Tavakol⁴, A. B. Webber⁵, K. Cunniffe², G. da Gente², R. Hirose⁴, G. Roll⁴, C. E. Freise⁴, J. P. Roberts⁴
¹Immunogenetics and Transplantation Laboratory (ITL), San Francisco, CA, ²Department of Surgery, Immunogenetics and Transplantation Laboratory (ITL), San Francisco, CA, ³Department of Pathology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁴Department of Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁵Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: Over 50% of kidney transplant (Ktx) candidates with 100% CPRA display HLA-DP antibodies, which impair the chances of finding a compatible deceased donor (DD)…
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Burden of Respiratory Syncytial Disease among Hospitalized Immunocompromised Adults
H. Nam, M. Ison
Northwestern University Comprehensive Transplant Center, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is associated with significant mortality amongst hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) and lung transplant recipients. Although RSV is responsible for…
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Assessment of Physical Frailty is Positively Correlated with LAS Score in Lung Transplant Candidates
S. Jaladanki¹, L. Shih¹, O. Kwon², N. Ventigan², D. Nanayakkara², S. Weigt³, J. Singer⁴, A. Ardehali¹, R. Biniwale¹, D. Goldwater⁵, J. Schaenman²
¹Department of Cardiac Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ²Division of Infectious Diseases, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ³Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, UCSF School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA, ⁵Division of Geriatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: We proposed to evaluate physical frailty in lung transplant candidates to determine whether physical frailty correlated with LAS score and added to ability to…
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Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor Antibodies Improve Risk Stratification for Kidney Allograft Outcomes at the Time of Transplantation
C. Lefaucheur¹, D. Viglietti¹, Y. Bouatou¹, A. Philippe², D. Pievani¹, O. Aubert¹, D. Glotz¹, C. Legendre¹, A. Loupy¹, D. Dragun²
¹Paris Translational Research Center for Organ Transplantation, Paris, France, ²Medical Faculty of the Charité Berlin, Berlin, Germany
*Purpose: Current state-of-the-art pre-transplant risk stratification relies on the HLA system. Non-HLA agonistic angiotensin II type 1 receptor antibodies (AT1R-Ab) have been associated with allograft…
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An International Comparison of Kidney Utilization in the United States and United Kingdom: What Can Be Learned?
D. Stewart¹, G. Vece¹, M. Ibrahim², C. Callaghan²
¹UNOS, Richmond, VA, ²NHS, London, United Kingdom
*Purpose: International discussions in 2017 about kidney “discard rates” between transplant (TX) professionals in the US and UK led to the realization that the two…
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Cognitive Function & Risk Of Adverse Outcomes In Kidney Transplant Candidates
N. Chu¹, Z. Shi¹, H. Ying¹, C. Haugen¹, S. Norman², D. Segev¹, M. McAdams-DeMarco¹
¹JHU, Baltimore, MD, ²Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI
*Purpose: With a high prevalence of cognitive impairment and underreported dementia--severe cognitive impairment that impairs activities of daily living--patients with ESRD may have reduced chance…
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Assessment of Serum Tim3 and Gal9 Levels in Predicting the Risk of Infection after Kidney Transplantation
Y. Shi¹, y. li², Y. Li², L. Yan², J. Tang², X. Wu², Y. Bai², Y. An², B. Dai², C. Yang², L. Wang²
¹Department of Nephrology, West China Hospital, Chengdu, China, ²Department of Laboratory Medicine, West China Hospital, Chengdu, China
*Purpose: Infection remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality after kidney transplantation (KT). However, reliable biomarkers to predict the occurrence of post-transplant infection are…
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Kidney Xenotransplantation from Genetically Engineered Pigs to Baboons with FDA-Approved Immunosuppressive Therapy
T. Yamamoto¹, H. Hara¹, J. Foote¹, E. C. Klein², H. J. Schuurman³, L. Wang¹, Q. Li¹, H. Zhou¹, J. Li¹, J. A. Tector¹, Z. Zhang², M. Ezzelarab², R. Lovingood¹, D. Ayares⁴, D. E. Eckhoff¹, D. K. Cooper¹, H. Iwase¹
¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ³Schubiomed Consultancy, Utrecht, Netherlands, ⁴Revivicor, Blacksburg, VA
*Purpose: Genetically-engineered pigs might present a solution to the critical shortage of organs for clinical transplantation. The aims of this study were to evaluate the…