2019 American Transplant Congress
Rejection, Infectious, and Renal Outcomes with Perioperative Desensitization in Orthotopic Heart Transplant Recipients
University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Pre-transplant allosensitization remains a significant barrier to organ allocation and a paucity of evidence exists to demonstrate the efficacy and safety of perioperative desensitization…2019 American Transplant Congress
Exercise after Heart Transplantation: What is the Reality?
Cedars-Sinai Smidt Heart Institute, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Heart transplantation (HTx) offers patients a second chance at life and to engage in the daily activities of life. However, the denervated heart does…2019 American Transplant Congress
Efficacy of Long-Acting Octreotide in Left Ventricular Assist Device Patients with Recurrent Gastrointestinal Bleeding
*Purpose: Continuous flow ventricular assist device (VAD) patients have a high risk of recurrent gastrointestinal bleeding, often leading to readmission and morbidity. Intramuscular long-acting octreotide…2019 American Transplant Congress
Organ-Procurement Organization and Donor Factor-Related Variation in Deceased Donor Kidney Biopsies and Discards: A National Practice Patterns Analysis
*Purpose: The clinical utility and outcome implications of deceased donor kidney allograft procurement biopsies are controversial.*Methods: We analyzed Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients data (n=59,328…2019 American Transplant Congress
Pediatric Kidneys: One for Two or Two for One?
*Purpose: Kidneys from very young pediatric donors continue to be underutilized due to concerns for technical complications and hyperfiltration injury. The decision to transplant these…2019 American Transplant Congress
A New Risk Stratification Scoring System for Deceased Donor Kidneys and Suitable Candidates for Marginal Kidneys in Korea
*Purpose: The dichotomous criteria for expanded criteria donor (ECD) vs. standard criteria donor (SCD) have been useful for making decisions about accepting deceased donor kidney…2019 American Transplant Congress
Desensitization Using Only IVIG: Is That an Option for Highly-Sensitized Patients Waiting for Kidneys from Cadaveric Donors?
Nefrologia, Hospital das Clínicas da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
*Purpose: The reduction of anti-HLA has been proven to be efficient and safe in transplants of highly-sensitized with living donors (LD). The results of adopting…2019 American Transplant Congress
Alemtuzumab versus Antithymocyte Globulin Induction Immunosuppression in Highly Sensitized Kidney Transplant Recipients
1Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL, 2Florida Kidney Physicians, Tampa, FL
*Purpose: Lymphocyte depleting agents such as rabbit anti-thymocyte globulin (rATG) and alemtuzumab are used for induction in highly sensitized (PRA ≥30%) kidney transplant recipients (KTRs).…2019 American Transplant Congress
Low-Dose Valacyclovir Prophylaxis for Cytomegalovirus Infection in Renal Transplant Recipients with Intermediate Risk
*Purpose: According to recent guidelines ganciclovir or valganciclovir chemoprophylaxis is recommended for all kidney transplantation (KT) recipients (except for D-/R- serology) for preventing cytomegalovirus (CMV)…2019 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Biopsies In Hiv-negative To Hiv-positive Kidney Transplants – An Institutional Experience
*Purpose: Increased life expectancy in HIV+ patients has resulted in an increase in CKD leading to ESRD; and therefore renal transplantation in these individuals is…
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