Am J Transplant, Volume 19, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 21 of 214 - ATC Abstracts

2019 American Transplant Congress
Studying the Association of Melanocortin Receptor-4 Gene Polymorphism and Renal Transplant Rejection
F. Yilmaz¹, R. Abdi¹, B. J. Keating², V. R. Mas³
¹Renal Division, Transplantation Research Center, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³Director Transplant Research Institute, Department of Surgery, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN
*Purpose: Accumulating experimental data highlight the importance of targeting the innate immune response to improve transplant outcomes. Inflammation is an unavoidable consequence of transplantation. The…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Global Analysis of Fc-gamma Receptors Binding Capacity of Human Leukocyte Antigen Donor Specific Antibody
E. S. Woodle, A. Girnita
University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center, Cincinnati, OH
*Purpose: Functional assessment of anti-HLA antibodies has historically been limited to complement-binding assays. However, antibodies are capable of inducing injury by complement-independent mechanisms, including Fc-gamma…
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Role of Kidney Biopsy in Simultaneous Heart-Kidney Transplantation
P. B. Shah¹, M. A. Josephson¹, K. Henriksen², A. Chang²
¹Nephrology, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL, ²Pathology, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Simultaneous heart-kidney (SHK) transplantation has superior post-transplant survival compared to heart transplantation alone in end-stage heart failure patients who have dialysis dependent or non-dialysis…
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Effect of DSA-Free Heart Allocation on Children
M. Skeans¹, J. Pyke¹, K. Audette¹, R. White², W. Mahle³, A. Savage⁴, J. Smith⁵
¹SRTR, Minneapolis, MN, ²Children's Hosp, Philadelphia, PA, ³Emory Univ., Atlanta, GA, ⁴Med University of SC, Charleston, SC, ⁵Seattle Children's Hosp, Seattle, WA
*Purpose: On Oct 18, 2018, the heart allocation system changed to better risk stratify adult candidates, and a current project is underway to remove donation…
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Do Heart Transplant Patients Have Support Personnel Ready to Help Them If Necessary?
A. Velleca, K. Norland, M. Curry, N. Ransbottom, B. Kearney, R. Levine, S. Dimbil, R. Sharoff, E. Passano, J. A. Kobashigawa
Cedars-Sinai Smidt Heart Institute, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: After heart transplantation (HTx), we mandate that each patient have social support in the first several weeks. It is not known whether these support…
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Intrinsic Organ Quality Assessment Using Integrative Short Outcome Prediction Composite Scores
K. Archer¹, V. Bontha², Y. Zhang¹, J. Eason³, A. Bajwa², L. Gallon⁴, E. Akalin⁵, D. Maluf², V. Mas⁶
¹OSU, Columbus, OH, ²UTHSC, Memphis, TN, ³UTHSC Director of Transplant Institute, Memphis, TN, ⁴NWU, Chicago, IL, ⁵Albert Einstein College of Medicine, NYC, NY, ⁶UTHSC Director of Transplant Research Institute, Memphis, TN
*Purpose: Organs discards continue to be high due to lack of accurate tools to assess donor quality and predict organ function.To identify characteristics associated with…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Usefulness of the Assessment of CT-Based Donor Kidney Function Compared with Radionuclide Scintigraphy
K. Park, J. Yoon, H. Kim, C. Baek, S. Park, H. Kim
Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Asan Medical Center, SEOUL, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Pretransplant graft volume and function has been demonstrated to be an important factor in subsequent allograft outcomes. Most transplant centers underwent renal split function…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Can Financial Incentives Improve Patient Compliance with Optn Live Kidney Donor Follow-Up Policy? Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial
M. Henderson, M. Waldram, S. DiBrito, A. Thomas, F. Al Ammary, S. Ottman, A. Massie, J. Garonzik Wang, D. Segev
Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) requires transplant hospitals to monitor live kidney donors (LKDs) for 2 years post-donation. However, the majority (57%)…
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Costs Associated with A2 to B Kidney Transplantation: A Barrier to Its Utilization?
R. Forbes, B. Concepcion, D. Shaffer
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
*Purpose: In 2014 the updated Kidney Allocation System (KAS) allowed for allocation of blood type A2 kidneys to B recipients in an effort to ameliorate…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Combined Antithymocyte Globulin (ATG) and Rituximab (RTX) Induction in African American (AA) Kidney Transplant Recipients
S. J. Patel, S. Kuten, C. Pham, R. Knight, M. Hobeika, D. Nguyen, E. Graviss, S. Yi, T. Eagar, A. Gaber
Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX
*Purpose: We have previously shown that despite the use of T cell-depleting antibody induction, AA kidney transplant recipients (KTR) remain at high risk of rejection…