2020 American Transplant Congress
Identifying an Optimal Liver Frailty Index Cutoff to Predict Waitlist Mortality in Liver Transplant Candidates
*Purpose: Frailty is associated with mortality in liver transplant (LT) waitlist candidates. We developed the Liver Frailty Index (LFI) to assess frailty in patients with…2020 American Transplant Congress
Improving DRG Based Reimbursement to Reflect Complexity of Kidney Transplant
*Purpose: More than 90,000 individuals await a kidney transplant (KTx) in the US, yet up to 20% of recovered kidneys are discarded. Organ Transplant Centers…2020 American Transplant Congress
Thymoglobulin (ATG) Induction vs. Campath vs. Simulect in DCD Kidneys in UK; Induction Regimes Play a Role after All
*Purpose: Controlled DCD kidneys have increased dramatically in UK. They suffer from a higher rate of DGF and, often in UK, come from older donors…2020 American Transplant Congress
Long Term Graft Outcome after Subclinical Banff Borderline Changes Suspicious for Acute T Cell-Mediated Rejection
Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Long term data after Banff borderline changes suspicious for acute T cell-mediated rejection (BDR lesion) are scarce, and hence, there is little evidence to…2020 American Transplant Congress
Short Recipient Warm Ischemia Time Improves Graft Survival in Liver Transplantation from Donation after Brain Death: 20-Year Experience of Liver Transplantation
Transplant Institute, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: Although the correlation between warm ischemia time (WIT) and the outcomes of liver transplantation has been extensively studied, few investigations have focused on the…2020 American Transplant Congress
Increasing Prevalence and Diversity: Alcoholic Liver Disease in Liver Transplant Candidates
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
*Purpose: Increasing global alcohol use translates to a marked growth in alcoholic liver disease (ALD). ALD patients comprise a larger proportion of listings for liver…2020 American Transplant Congress
The Effect of Pulsatile Pump Perfusion on Hepatitis C Viremia and Transmission in Kidney Transplantation: A Prospective Pilot Study
1Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 2Tennessee Donor Services, Nashville, TN
*Purpose: With increasing utilization of hepatitis C (HCV) viremic donor organs for aviremic recipients, there may be a role for kidney pulsatile pump perfusion to…2020 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Epitope Mismatch Load and Shared Targeting Epitopes between De Novo Donor Specific Antibody (DSA) and Non-DSA Third Party HLA Antibody on Lung Transplantation Outcomes
1Allogen Laboratories, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, 2Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: Rapid advancements in HLA typing and antibody identification technologies allow for enhanced HLA compatibility assessment at the epitope level to aid in the reduction…2020 American Transplant Congress
Molecular Features of HLA Mismatches as Predictors of De Novo DSA Development: A Single Center Experience
*Purpose: Several molecular features (MoFs) of HLA mismatches (MMs) are currently used to predict the development of de novo donor-specific anti-HLA antibodies (dnDSA). The purpose…2020 American Transplant Congress
Easier Said Than Done? Stated versus Actual Usage of Less-Than-Ideal Kidneys
United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: Despite long candidate waiting times and a persistent supply to demand gap, less-than-ideal (LTI) kidneys continue to be underutilized in the U.S. Usage rates…
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