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

2019 American Transplant Congress
Incidence and Predictors of Post-Kidney Biopsy (KBx) Bleeding in Liver Transplant (LT) Candidates with Renal Dysfunction
H. M. Wadei¹, P. Abader¹, N. Aslam², T. Jarmi¹, A. P. Keaveny¹, K. Croome¹, D. D. Lee¹, C. Taner¹
¹Department of Transplant, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, ²Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL
*Purpose: Pre-LT kidney biopsy is seldom performed in LT candidates with renal dysfunction and/or proteinuria partially due to the limited information regarding KBx bleeding. We…
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Preoperative Risk Factor-based Cardiac Catheterization Is Associated With Low Cardiac Morbidity And Mortality In Liver Transplant Patients
R. Rachwan¹, I. Kutkut¹, P. D. Bourdillon², L. R. Timsina³, M. Ghabril⁴, C. A. Kubal⁵, M. A. Lacerda⁶, R. S. Mangus⁵
¹Internal Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, ²Internal Medicine, Indiana University, Division of Cardiology, Indianapolis, IN, ³Department of Biostatistics, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, ⁴Internal Medicine, Indiana University, Division of Hepatology, Indianapolis, IN, ⁵Surgery, Transplant Division, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, ⁶Internal Medicine, Division of Hepatology, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
*Purpose: Mortality post-liver transplant historically was largely attributed to coronary artery disease (CAD). Current guidelines recommend screening with non-invasive modalities in patients with risk factors.…
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Experience With Letermovir Use For The Management Of Cytomegalovirus In Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
J. L. Orejas¹, F. M. Marty¹, A. M. McDonnell², M. P. Cheng¹, E. Arbona-Haddad¹, S. P. Hammond¹, S. Koo¹
¹Division of Infectious Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Department of Pharmacy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
*Purpose: Letermovir is a new antiviral recently approved for cytomegalovirus (CMV) prophylaxis in CMV-seropositive hematopoietic-cell transplant recipients. Its off-label use in solid organ transplant (SOT)…
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CCR5-Mediated Recruitment of NK Cells to the Kidney is a Critical Step for Host Defense to Candida albicans Infection
H. R. Cho¹, V. G. Tran², N. N. Nguyen³, S. Lee⁴, S. W. Kang⁴, J. Kim⁴, H. J. Kim⁴, S. J. Park¹, J. S. Lee⁵, B. Kwon⁶
¹Department of Surgery, Ulsan University Hospital, Ulsan, Korea, Republic of, ²School of Biological Sciences, University of Ulsan, Ulsan, Republic of Korea, Ulsan, Korea, Republic of, ³1School of Biological Sciences, University of Ulsan, Ulsan, Republic of Korea, Ulsan, Korea, Republic of, ⁴Biomedical Research Center, Ulsan University Hospital, Ulsan, Korea, Republic of, ⁵Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, Ulsan, Korea, Republic of, ⁶Biomedical Research Center, Ulsan University Hospital, School of Medicine, University of Ulsan, Ulsan, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Candida albicans infection causes a high rate of mortality in immunocompromised or transplant patients. In this study, we investigated the role of CCR5 that…
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Impact of a Short Duration, Narrow Spectrum Perioperative Antibiotic Prophylaxis Regimen on Multi-Drug Resistant Surgical Site Infections in Adult Orthotopic Liver Transplantation
M. John¹, K. Maguigan¹, D. Schain², E. Thomas³, P. Efron⁴, J. Nelson⁵
¹Pharmacy, UF Health Shands Hospital, Gainesville, FL, ²Infectious Diseases, UF Health Shands Hospital, Gainesville, FL, ³Transplant Surgery, University Health System, San Antonio, TX, ⁴Surgery, UF Health Shands Hospital, Gainesville, FL, ⁵Pharmacy, University Health System, San Antonio, TX
*Purpose: There is a paucity of data defining the optimal agent and timing of peri-operative antimicrobial prophylaxis in orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). The purpose of…
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Long Term Cold Ischemia Time in Kidney Transplantation. The Role of Hypothermic Machine Perfusion
G. ADANI¹, U. Baccarani¹, P. Tulissi², C. Vallone², A. Risaliti¹
¹General Surgery and Transplantation, Academic Hospital P. le S.M. della Misericordia, 33100 Udine, Italy, Udine, Italy, ²Nephrology, Dialysis and Kidney Transplantation, Academic Hospital P. le S.M. della Misericordia, 33100 Udine, Italy, Udine, Italy
*Purpose: Hypothermic machine perfusion (HMP) of deceased donor kidneys is associated with a better outcome than static cold storage (SCS). Aim of this prospective study…
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Impact of an Intra-Abdominal Cooling Device during Open Kidney Transplantation in Pigs
A. Longchamp¹, R. P. Meier², N. Colucci³, A. Balaphas³, L. Orci³, A. Nastasi³, G. Longchamp¹, S. Moll⁴, A. Klauser⁵, F. Lazeyras⁵, M. Pascual⁶, J. Corpataux⁷, L. Bühler⁸
¹Department of Vascular Surgery, CHUV, Lausannne, Switzerland, ²Department of Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ³Department of Surgery, HUG, Geneva, Switzerland, ⁴Department of Pathology, HUG, Geneva, Switzerland, ⁵Department of Radiology, HUG, Geneva, Switzerland, ⁶Department of Transplantation, CHUV, Lausannne, Switzerland, ⁷Department of Vascular Surgery, CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland, ⁸Department of Surgery, CHUV, Lausannne, Switzerland
*Purpose: Renal transplantation is the preferred treatment for end-stage renal disease. Currently, there is a large gap between the supply and demand for transplantable kidneys.…
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Viability Testing and Transplantation of Marginal Donor Livers (VITTAL) Trial Outcomes: Proteomic Analysis of Perfusates from Livers Undergoing Normothermic Machine Liver Perfusion Reveals Biomarkers Predictive of Graft Viability and Post-Transplant Complications
S. Afford¹, L. Wallace¹, J. Attard¹, Y. Boteon¹, R. Laing¹, J. Yu², T. Perera³, D. Mirza⁴, H. Mergental⁵
¹Centre for Liver and Gastroenterology Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ²The School of Biosciences Proteomics Facility, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ³Liver Unit, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ⁴Liver Unit, The Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ⁵The Liver Unit, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom
*Purpose: The VITTAL clinical trial demonstrated that post-ischaemic normothermic machine perfusion(NMP) can increase utilisation of livers from the marginal pool of extended criteria donors (ECD).…
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ICOS⁺PD-1⁺ Circulating T Follicular Helper Cells Are a Biomarker of Humoral Alloreactivity and Predict Donor-Specific Antibody Generation Following Transplantation
G. M. La Muraglia II, M. E. Wagener, M. L. Ford, I. R. Badell
Emory Transplant Center, Atlanta, GA
*Purpose: Mounting evidence in kidney transplantation suggests that donor-specific antibodies (DSA) significantly contribute to renal allograft loss. However, biomarkers to guide clinical management of DSA…
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Donor-Recipient HLA Mismatched Peptides Calculated by PIRCHE Algorithm Associate with De Novo Donor-Specific Cellular and Humoral Alloreactivity and Predicts Inferior Graft Outcome
M. Meneghini¹, E. Crespo², M. Niemann³, A. Torija², E. Melilli⁴, M. Jarque², N. Montero⁴, J. Cruzado¹, J. Grinyo¹, O. Bestard¹
¹Kidney Transplantation Unit, Bellvitge University Hospital- IDIBELL, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat. Barcelona, Spain, ²Experimental Nephrology Laboratory, IDIBELL, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat. Barcelona, Spain, ³PIRCHE AG, Berlin, Germany, ⁴Kidney Transplantation Unit, Bellvitge University Hospital, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat. Barcelona, Spain
*Purpose: PIRCHE-II algorithm predicts mismatched donor-derived HLA peptides number presented on recipient HLAclass-II molecules to recipient T-cells (indirect pathway of allorecognition) and has been associated…