Am J Transplant, Volume 19, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 46 of 214 - ATC Abstracts

2019 American Transplant Congress
A National Cohort Validation of Graft Outcomes of Elderly Kidney Transplant Recipients
I. Bajjoka, A. Yaldo, C. Crombez, M. Abouljoud
Henry Ford Transplant Institute, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: Previous analyses comparing elderly kidney transplant recipients (KTR) to younger KTR found that elderly patients suffered higher rates of mortality, less biopsy-proven acute rejection…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Social Determinants of Quality of Life in Patients Evaluated for Kidney Transplant
H. Wesselman¹, S. Wang², C. J. Chang², J. R. Pleis³, K. Kendall², E. Croswell², M. Dew², M. L. Unruh⁴, R. Shapiro⁵, L. Myaskovsky⁴
¹University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, ²University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ³US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hyattsville, MD, ⁴Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico, School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM, ⁵Icahn School of Medicine, New York, NY
*Purpose: Non-Hispanic African Americans (AA) have a higher incidence of ESRD but lower rates of kidney transplant (KT), and poorer quality of life (QOL) compared…
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Pre-Kidney Transplant Patient Education: Information Retention is Associated with Improved Waitlist Outcomes
S. Patel, J. Ptasinski-Anderson, G. Dela Torre, S. Akkina
Transplant Nephrology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL
*Purpose: Patients who present for a kidney transplant (KT) evaluation undergo extensive education in a short period of time in the form of a one…
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Quantitative Measuring of Iliac Artery Calcification in Renal Transplantation
C. Choi¹, A. Han², S. Ahn², M. Ahn¹, S. Min², J. Ha²
¹Transplantation and vascular surgery, Chungnam National University Hospital, Daejeon, Korea, Republic of, ²Transplantation and vascular surgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Arterial calcification is common in patients with end stage renal disease and is often accompanied by wall hypertrophy. The aims of this study are…
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Periphery Blood ddcfDNA Can Significantly Differentiate Acute Humoral Rejection from Banff’s Type I Acute Rejection in Kidney Transplantation
R. Wang¹, T. Jiang², J. Shen¹, J. Ge³, W. Lei¹, X. Yang³, H. Deng¹, W. Kong¹, J. Zhou¹
¹Kidney Disease Center, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, ²Organ diagnosis company, Suzhou, China, ³Organ Diagnosis Company, Suzhou, China
*Purpose: Cell free DNA(cfDNA) was widely used in field of cancer and obstetric care. Alloantigens was existed in Organ transplantation, so donor derived cfDNA(ddcfDNA) was…
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Early And Late Borderline Lesions Exhibit Differential Outcomes In Renal Transplant Recipients
N. K. Wilson¹, S. Tremblay¹, P. Lee¹, S. Bumb¹, R. R. Alloway¹, A. R. Shields², M. Cardi², E. S. Woodle¹
¹University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, ²The Christ Hospital, Cincinnati, OH
*Purpose: A major distinguishing factor in the risk of acute rejection episodes that markedly affects graft survival is the timing of the rejection episode. Early…
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Speckle Echo Pre and Post Kidney Transplant: A Pilot Study
M. Olivares-Perez¹, Y. Gao¹, A. Webber¹, F. Ghahghaie¹, M. Lassen², A. Qasim¹, M. Park¹
¹University California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
*Purpose: Relative to dialysis, cardiovascular (CV) mortality improves with transplantation. Nevertheless, CV disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death for kidney transplant recipients (KTR),…
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Predictors Of Persistent Hyperparathyroidism After Successful Kidney Transplant: A Single Center Pilot Study
S. Ong, K. Wille, F. Saad, C. Kew
University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL
*Purpose: Patients with chronic kidney disease or end stage kidney disease often have secondary hyperparathyroidism, which improves after kidney transplantation. However, persistent hyperparathyroidism requiring continued…
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The Comparison of Glycemic Profiles during Post-Operative Early Period between Liver and Kidney Transplantation Assessed by Continuous Glucose Monitoring System
H. Yu¹, H. Jin², S. Lee², J. Yang¹, S. Park², S. Ahn¹, H. Hwang¹
¹Surgery, Chonbuk National University Medical School and Hospital, Jeonju, Korea, Republic of, ²Internal Medicine, Chonbuk National University Medical School and Hospital, Jeonju, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Newly developed hyperglycemia and worsening of previously well controlled glucose control are common after transplantation because of stressful condition and immunosuppressive agents including of…
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Consistent High Burden of Arteriosclerosis in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients
K. Ostendorf¹, N. Memaran¹, B. Borchert-Mörlins¹, J. von der Born¹, E. Bauer¹, A. von Wick¹, J. Oh², M. J. Kemper³, R. Büscher⁴, B. M. Schmidt⁵, A. Melk¹
¹Department of Pediatric Kidney, Liver and Metabolic Diseases, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany, ²Pediatric Nephrology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany, ³Department of Pediatrics, Asklepios Klinik Nord - Heidberg, Hamburg, Germany, ⁴Pediatric Nephrology, University Hospital, Essen, Germany, ⁵Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
*Purpose: The second most common cause of death in pediatric kidney transplant (KT) recipients are cardiovascular (CV) diseases. We have previously shown that pulse wave…