Am J Transplant, Volume 20, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 150 of 223 - ATC Abstracts

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Sparing the Nephron in Liver Transplant Recipients with Antithymocyte Bridging: A Four Year Experience
N. Wilson, H. Kuzaro, N. Parrish, S. A. Shah, N. Anwar, R. R. Alloway, S. Tremblay, T. E. Kaiser
U Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
*Purpose: Renal function decline after liver transplant (LT) remains a significant issue. Using antithymocyte globulin (rATG) to delay tacrolimus (TAC) initiation may impact renal deterioration;…
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Initial Experience of the First 13 Cases of Purely Laparoscopic Living Donor Right Hepatectomy
H. Choi¹, C. Seo¹, J. Ahn¹, G. Na², Y. You¹
¹Department of Surgery, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ²Department of Surgery, Bucheon St. Mary’s Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Bucheon, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Laparoscopic major hepatectomy is gradually increasing with two consensus meetings. However, purely laparoscopic donor right hepatectomy (PLDRH) is still being performed carefully, because donor…
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Marginal Livers Have Excellent Outcomes in Pediatric Patients with Metabolic Liver Disease
M. MacConmara, C. Feizpour, D. Desai, S. Hanish, P. Vagefi, A. Aqul, C. S. Hwang
UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX
*Purpose: Pediatric patients with metabolic diseases are listed so that livers are preferentially allocated to them, having the option of receiving a very high quality…
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Epidemiology of Cytomegalovirus (CMV) in Pediatric Solid Organ Transplant Recipients (SOTR) at Texas Children’s Hospital (TCH)
K. Valencia, K. Hosek, E. Moulton, F. Munoz, G. Demmler-Harrison, C. Bocchini
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
*Purpose: Despite widespread use of prevention strategies, CMV remains a common opportunistic infection in SOTR. Contemporary data regarding CMV in pediatric SOTR is limited. We…
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Reactivation of BK Polyomavirus after Kidney Transplantation: A Multi-Center Collaboration Examining the Impact of Adherence to a Screening Protocol on Clinical Outcomes
R. Rogers¹, F. Cheema², M. Chobanian³, Z. Ebcioglu², H. Gilligan⁴, R. Gohh¹, N. Goyal⁵, M. Pavlakis⁶, N. Rodig⁷, A. Rossi⁸, J. Singh², C. S. Tan⁶
¹Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, ²Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT, ³Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, ⁴Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁵Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ⁶Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, ⁷Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁸Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME
*Purpose: Reactivation of BK polyomavirus (BK) after kidney transplantation (KT) is common and can lead to adverse clinical outcomes such as allograft nephropathy (BKAN). In…
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Significant Costs Associated with Poorly Controlled Post-Transplant Blood Glucose
H. Yerneni¹, K. Chavin², T. Srinivas¹, A. Padiyar¹
¹Medicine, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, ²Surgery, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: Dysglycemia is highly prevalent post-transplant. Poor glycemic control is associated with infectious and cardiovascular complications, as well as decreased patient and allograft survival. We…
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80 is the New 60: A Single-Center Outcome Study of Octogenarian Kidney Transplant Recipients
D. Shankaranarayanan, T. Muthukumar, S. Sultan, A. Watkins, D. Serur, C. Hartono
Weill Cornell Medicne, New York City, NY
*Purpose: Kidney transplantation is the treatment of choice for end stage renal disease. However, limited data is available on the outcomes of octogenarian recipients.*Methods: Retrospective…
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Relative Transplant Center Organ Volumes are Associated with Patient and Graft Survival
J. T. Adler, T. C. Tsai, S. K. Malek, S. G. Tullius, J. S. Weissman
Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
*Purpose: Transplant programs differ in relative volume of kidney and liver transplants. While there is a known volume-outcome relationship for organ-specific transplantation at an institutional…
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Prevalence, Prognosis and Predictors of Neurological Complications after Heart Transplantation
C. Caraviello, D. Harsanyi, L. Trevizan, F. Bacal, S. Mangini
Cardiology, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil
*Purpose: Heart transplantation (HT) is considered the gold-standard treatment for end-stage heart failure. In spite of its innumerous benefits, this therapy still involves complications. Among…
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Characterization of Donor/Recipient Citizenship Status in Adult Heart Transplantation: A UNOS Registry Analysis
K. Yang¹, D. Miklin¹, J. Pizula¹, P. Genyk¹, G. Liu², A. Lee¹, S. Nuno¹, S. Hashmi¹, J. Nattiv², A. Kiankhooy³, L. Grazette², M. Fong², J. Rahman², K. Pandya², D. Vucicevic⁴, J. Li¹, P. Kingsford¹, P. Banankhah², R. Chand⁵, A. Wolfson⁶, S. Shah¹, A. Salimbangon⁷, C. Lum⁸, E. C. Depasquale², A. S. Vaidya²
¹Keck Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA, ²Cardiology, Keck Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA, ³Cardiothoracic Surgery, Keck Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴Newark Beth-Israel Medical Center, Newark, NJ, ⁵Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA, ⁶University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center, Tucson, AZ, ⁷UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ⁸The Queen's Medical Center, Honolulu, HI
*Purpose: There is a paucity of data describing heart transplant donor and recipient status. We therefore sought to examine the medical and demographic characteristics, and…