Am J Transplant, Volume 19, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 22 of 214 - ATC Abstracts

2019 American Transplant Congress
Effects of Omega-3 Fatty Acids on Outcome after Living Donor Right Hepatectomy
S. Lee, J. Kim, G. Choi, J. Joh, S. Lee
Department of Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Preclinical data suggest that supplementation of omega-3 fatty acids may be beneficial in liver resections, by ameliorating ischemic injury during the surgical procedure. In…
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Estrogen Mediated Protection in Renal Ischemia Reperfusion Injury (IRI) is Extrinsic to the Kidney
D. D. Aufhauser¹, S. J. Concors¹, P. T. Hernandez¹, Z. Wang¹, L. Krumeich¹, D. R. Murken¹, G. Ge¹, W. W. Hancock², M. H. Levine¹
¹Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²Pathology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: IRI causes morbidity in renal transplantation and other surgical scenarios. A better understanding of the molecular mechanisms of IRI is required so that strategies…
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A Prognostic Drug Development Tool to Assess the Transplantability at the Time of Listing for Kidney Transplant Candidates
S. Kawakita¹, L. Hidalgo-Semlek², J. L. Beaumont¹, J. Lee², M. J. Everly¹
¹Terasaki Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA, ²Hansa Medical AB, Lund, Sweden
*Purpose: At time of listing for kidney transplant (KT), a patient is not informed of the probabilities of KT, death, or remaining on the waiting…
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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…
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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…
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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…