Am J Transplant, Volume 20, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 165 of 223 - ATC Abstracts

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Variations in Recipient and Donor Clinical Characteristics between Heart Transplant Centers
W. T. McKinney¹, M. J. Bruin², S. Chu², D. Schladt³, J. Synder³, C. M. Martin⁴, T. Alexy⁴, B. L. Kasiske⁵, A. K. Israni¹
¹Nephrology, Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute, Minneapolis, MN, ²College of Design, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ³Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute, Minneapolis, MN, ⁴Cardiology Division, University of Minnesota Department of Medicine, Minneapolis, MN, ⁵Department of Medicine, Hennepin Healthcare, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: When a patient has discretion over which heart transplant program will evaluate them for the waitlist, prior knowledge of program acceptance practices can enable…
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Evaluation of Host Immune Responses to Epstein-Barr Virus in Lung Transplant Recipients
L. Zaffiri¹, J. E. Messinger², J. Yi², K. J. Weinhold², G. Ferrari², M. Luftig², S. M. Palmer¹
¹Pulmonary and Critical Care, Duke University, Durham, NC, ²Duke University, Durham, NC
*Purpose: After lung transplantation, Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is a common opportunistic infection. The significance of EBV viremia following solid organ transplantation (SOT) remains unclear. Host…
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Evaluation of US Doppler Examination of Portal Flow Dynamics in Patients with Total Pancreatectomy and Autologous Islet Cell Transplant
B. M. Williams, X. Baldwin, J. S. Vonderau, C. S. Desai
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
*Purpose: The aim of this study is to evaluate US doppler flow dynamics following total pancreatectomy and autologous islet cell transplant (TPAIT) and establish any…
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Regulatory T Cells Engineered with TCR-Signaling-Responsive Il-2 Nanogels Suppress Alloimmunity in Sites of Antigen Encounter
S. K. Eskandari¹, J. B. Alhaddad¹, I. Sulkaj², M. B. Melo², N. Li², H. Allos¹, B. Kollar¹, M. A. Seelen³, D. J. Irvine⁴, J. Azzi¹
¹Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Insitute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, ³Nephrology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ⁴Medicine, Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Insitute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
*Purpose:
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Predictive Validity of Functional Status on Mortality in Adult Kidney Transplant Recipients
N. Chu, Z. Shi, D. Segev, M. McAdams Demarco
Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Frailty and disabilities, though not routinely measured, are highly prevalent in kidney transplant (KT) recipients and predict poor post-transplant outcomes. The Karnofsky Performance Scale…
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Improving Value Delivery in Living Donor Kidney Transplant Through Process Improvement
S. Anand, J. Browning, W. Stapley, M. Egbert, J. Krong, J. Zobell, A. Herbert, S. Dow, L. Dong, D. Morris, T. Srinivas
Intermountain Medical Center, Murray, UT
*Purpose: To increase living donation through process improvement.*Methods: Quality improvement project, with intention to substantially improve the living donor (LD) transplant (Tx) rate. Participants: All…
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Pediatric National Liver Review Board: Impact on Children on the Waitlist
J. Foutz¹, S. Noreen¹, E. Hsu², E. Perito³, G. Mazariegos⁴
¹United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA, ²Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, ³UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, San Francisco, CA, ⁴Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: On 5/14/19 changes were made to the exceptions review process for pediatric liver transplant candidates, with transition from 11 Regional Review Boards to one…
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Pre-Transplant Bariatric Surgery is Associated with Increased Fungal Infection after Liver Transplant
M. Jorgenson¹, A. Gracon², B. Hanlon², G. Leverson², D. Al-Adra¹
¹UWHC, Madison, WI, ²UWMF, Madison, WI
*Purpose: The impact of pre-transplant (pre-TXP) bariatric surgery (BS) on outcomes after liver transplant (LTX) has not been completely elucidated. Roux-en Y gastric bypass (RYGB)…
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T Follicular Regulatory Cell Deficiency Enhances Secondary T Follicular Helper Cell Responses after Transplantation
E. S. Crichton, S. Zeng, I. Badell
Emory University, Atlanta, GA
*Purpose: Deleterious alloantibodies result from T follicular helper (Tfh) cell-driven germinal center (GC) reactivity. T follicular regulatory (Tfr) cells are a subset of regulatory T…
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IL-6 Receptor Blockade But Not IL-2 Treatment Contributes to Long-Term NHP Cardiac Allograft Survival in Transient Mixed Chimeras
K. Ahrens¹, J. M. O¹, W. Sommer², J. Morrissette¹, D. Becerra¹, P. M. Patel¹, T. Costa¹, A. Dehnadi¹, I. M. Hanekamp¹, J. S. Allan³, G. Benichou¹, J. C. Madsen⁴
¹Center for Transplantation Sciences, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Department of Cardiothoracic, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany, ³Center for Transplantation Sciences, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Center for Transplantation Sciences, Division of Cardiac Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
*Purpose: Long-term tolerance of cardiac allografts has been achieved in non-human primates (NHPs) using a mixed chimerism protocol and by co-transplanting a kidney from the…