2019 American Transplant Congress
Outcome Of Late Biopsy-negative Rejection After Heart Transplantation
Cedars-Sinai Smidt Heart Institute, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Biopsy-negative rejection (BNR) is an entity where the endomyocardial biopsy (EMB) shows no findings of rejection, but there is proven cardiac dysfunction i.e. low…2019 American Transplant Congress
Outcome Of Left Main Stenting After Heart Transplantation
Cedars-Sinai Smidt Heart Institute, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV) is one of the major factors limiting long-term survival after HTx. The use of angioplasty and drug-eluting stents is common…2019 American Transplant Congress
Intravenous Methamphetamine Does Not Appear To Be A Contraindication For Heart Donation In Heart Transplantation
Cedars-Sinai Smidt Heart Institute, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Intravenous methamphetamine (IV meth) use in potential heart donors has been of concern due to the possibility of methamphetamine cardiomyopathy and transmission of infections.…2019 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Donor Acute Kidney Injury on the Outcome of Graft Delayed Graft Function
*Purpose: Kidneys from deceased donors with acute kidney injury (AKI) have a higher risk of delayed graft function (DGF). The aim of this study was…2019 American Transplant Congress
Can National Data Predict Which Older Kidney Donors Are More Likely to Yield Higher eGFR 1-Year Post-Transplant?
1United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA, 2University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: Older donors (65+) have been utilized at low rates despite accounting for the majority of deaths in the U.S. (73%, CDC). Kasiske et al.…2019 American Transplant Congress
Evaluation of Pretransplant Biopsy as a Influence Factor of Early Graft Function after Donated Kidney Transplantation
Urology Surgery, Wuhan Union Hospital, Wuhan, China
*Purpose: To investigate the relationship between pretransplant biopsy and the early graft function after donated kidney transplantation.*Methods: We examined pretransplant biopsies for 240 kidney transplant…2019 American Transplant Congress
Efficacy Of Rituximab Monotherapy On Anti-human Leukocyte Antigen Antibodies In Highly Sensitized Living Donor Kidney Transplant Patients.
*Purpose: We aim to examine the efficacy of Rituximab (RTX) monotherapy in reducing DSA in Highly Sensitised Living Donor Kidney Transplant (HS-LDKT) candidates and potentially…2019 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Reduced Thymoglobulin Induction Dosing in Elderly Kidney Transplant Recipients at a Steroid Sparing Center
Pharmacy, NewYork-Presbyterian, New York, NY
*Purpose: Studies have demonstrated a mortality benefit with kidney transplantation (KT) in elderly patients, but there is little consensus over optimal immunosuppression. Older KT recipients…2019 American Transplant Congress
Multidisciplinary Transplant UTI Service; Challenging the Stalemate
Guy's Hospital, London, United Kingdom
*Purpose: Symptomatic UTIs (urinary tract infections) cause a significantly detrimental effect on long term graft function. Immunosuppression coupled with underlying renal or urological abnormality makes…2019 American Transplant Congress
The Natural History and Time to Seroconversion of CMV in the Era of Post-Transplantation Chemoprophylaxis: A Single Center Study
Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
*Purpose: The current cytomegalovirus (CMV) guidelines in solid organ transplantation recommend chemoprophylaxis (ppx) in post-kidney transplantation recipients. This approach has led to a reduction in…
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