Am J Transplant, Volume 19, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 70 of 214 - ATC Abstracts

2019 American Transplant Congress
Changes in the Fate of KDPI < 35% Kidneys before and after Implementation of the New Kidney Allocation System
K. Eng, E. Grodstein, L. Castellanos Reyes, L. Teperman, C. Sethna, P. Singer
Northwell Health, Manhasset, NY
*Purpose: Though the chances of long term graft survival are highest with low KDPI kidneys, there is concern that after implementation of the new kidney…
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Allogenic Islets Cure Diabetes Following Transplantation in Omental Pouch in a Non-Human Primate Model
J. Lei¹, H. Deng¹, K. Lee¹, C. Peters¹, G. Rickert¹, R. Ivy¹, M. Coronel², E. Yolcu³, H. Shirwan⁴, A. García⁵, J. Markmann¹
¹Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Surgery, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, ³Institute for Cellular Therapeutics, University of Louisville School of Medicine, louisville, KY, ⁴Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Louisville School of Medicine, louisville, KY, ⁵School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
*Purpose: In the current standard clinical transplant approach, islet cells are administered intravenously into the portal system where they lodge in the liver. This approach…
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Transplanting Thoracic Organs From Hcv Donors To Uninfected Patients: Evaluation Of Lung Allografts
Y. Lo¹, R. F. Padera¹, H. R. Mallidi², H. J. Goldberg³, S. K. Singh², A. Coppolino, III⁴, L. R. Baden⁵, A. E. Woolley⁵
¹Pathology, Brigham and Womens Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery, Brigham and Womens Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Pulmonary, Brigham and Womens Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Thoracic Surgery, Brigham and Womens Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁵Infectious Diseases, Brigham and Womens Hospital, Boston, MA
*Purpose: Prior to the development of direct acting antiviral (DAA) therapy for hepatitis C virus (HCV), there was concern that patients who received lungs from…
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Pancreas Transplant Alone Using Donation After Cardiac Death Donors Has Similar Outcomes As Donation After Brain Death Donors
K. Espinoza¹, D. Wall¹, K. L. Lentine², J. R. Wellen¹, D. Hammad¹, D. C. Brennan³, T. Alhamad¹
¹Washinton University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, ²Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO, ³Johns Hopkins University, St. Louis, MO
*Purpose: While outcomes of pancreas transplants are improving, there is a persistent hesitancy to use pancreas organs procured in the context of donation after cardiac…
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Kidney Transplants Outcomes from Deceased Donors with Acute Kidney Injury
C. Jung¹, P. Sood², R. Mehta², D. Jorgensen², M. Molinari², S. Hariharan², A. Ganoza², D. Van Der Windt², M. Wijkstrom², C. Puttarajappa², A. Tevar³
¹Korea Univ. Anam Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ²Univ. Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, ³Department of Surgery, Univ. Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: Due to the shortage of organs for transplantation, kidney transplants (KT) from marginal donors including donors with acute kidney injury (AKI) are expanding. Although…
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Post-Liver Transplant Atrial Fibrillation is Associated with Markedly Reduced Short- and Long-Term Patient Survival
R. Rachwan¹, I. Kutkut¹, T. J. Hathaway², L. R. Timsina², M. S. Ghabril³, M. A. Lacerda³, C. A. Kubal², P. D. Bourdillon⁴, R. S. Mangus²
¹Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, ²Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, ³Gastroenterology/Hepatology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, ⁴Cardiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
*Purpose: Postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) is the most common perioperative cardiac arrhythmia. Data regarding POAF following liver transplant (LT) is scarce. In the immediate post-LT…
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Changes in Kidney Function Following Live Donor Nephrectomy
N. N. Lam¹, A. Lloyd¹, K. L. Lentine², R. R. Quinn³, B. R. Hemmelgarn³, S. Klarenbach¹, A. X. Garg⁴
¹University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ²Saint Louis University, St. Louis, LA, ³University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ⁴Western University, London, ON, Canada
*Purpose: Understanding the decline in kidney function after live donor nephrectomy can inform the counselling and selection of donor candidates and guide the follow-up care…
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Predicting Transplant Rejection by a Composite Urinary Injury Score
J. Y. Yang, R. Sarwal, T. K. Sigdel, M. M. Sarwal
Department of Surgery, UCSF, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: While sequencing or SNP-based methods of quantifying donor-derived cell-free DNA (dd-cfDNA) from plasma have been used to detect allograft rejection, they remain expensive and…
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Absence of Protective Innate Lymphoid Cell Type 3 (ILC3) and Persistence of Proinflammatory Innate Lymphoid Cell Subsets Immediately Post-Transplant Plays a Appreciable Role in Early Intestinal Barrier Dysfunction
J. Kang, L. Belyayev, K. Loh, P. Cha, S. Moturi, K. Khan, J. Hawksworth, C. Matsumoto, M. Zasloff, T. Fishbein, A. Kroemer
Georgetown University, Washington, DC
*Purpose: Innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) , the most recently described family of lymphoid cells, play fundamental roles in mucosal barrier immunity, tissue homeostasis, and immune…
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Assessment of the Global Practice of Pediatric Living Donor Liver Transplantation: Comparison of U.S. and International Programs
J. Emamaullee¹, M. Kim¹, C. Conrad¹, C. Lane¹, P. Singh¹, C. Niemann², L. Sher¹, Y. Genyk¹
¹University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, ²University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: As programs have become more experienced with living donor liver transplantation (LDLT), technical hurdles have been overcome and superior graft and patient survival has…