Am J Transplant, Volume 20, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 168 of 223 - ATC Abstracts

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UK Residents Transplanted Overseas: A Summary of UK Data from 2000-2016
A. Cronin¹, L. Mumford², M. Robb², L. Burnapp², R. Johnson²
¹Guy's and St. Thomas' Hospital, London, United Kingdom, ²NHS Blood and Transplant, Bristol, United Kingdom
*Purpose: Organ shortage has prompted UK residents to source organs overseas. Little is known about the circumstances in which these transplants take place, but stories…
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Direct Acting Anti-Viral Prophylaxis to Prevent Virus Transmission from Hepatitis C Viremic Donors to Hepatitis C Negative Kideney Transplant Recipients
G. Gupta, I. Yakubu, D. Kumar, I. Moinuddin, L. Kamal, A. King, C. Bhati, A. Sharma, A. Cotterell, A. Khan, M. Levy, R. Sterling
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: Previous trials in kidney transplantation (KT) have described a 12-week course of direct-acting anti-viral drugs (DAA) to treat HCV transmission from infected donors to…
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Survival Benefit of Accepting Kidneys from Older Donation after Cardiac Death Donors
S. Yu, J. Long, Y. Yu, M. Bowring, J. Motter, T. Ishaque, D. Segev, J. Garonzik-Wang, A. Massie
Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Kidneys from older donation after cardiac death (DCD) donors are less likely to be transplanted due to concerns about inferior post-transplant survival. But candidates…
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Deceased Donors in Kidney Paired Donation
J. D. Kalbfleisch¹, W. Wang¹, M. A. Rees², A. B. Leichtman³, P. X. Song¹, V. Ashby¹, T. Shearon¹
¹Biostatistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, ³University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
*Purpose: A kidney paired donation pool (KPDP) consists of transplant candidates and their incompatible living donors along with nondirected living donors (NDDs). In a match…
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Widespread Deregulation of Metabolic Genes in Steatotic Livers Pre- And Post-Transplantation
A. R. Wolen¹, C. Kuscu², C. Kuscu², A. Bajwa², J. Eason², S. Sataphaty³, J. D. Eason¹, D. Maluf¹, V. Mas¹
¹Department of Surgery_ University of Tennessee, James D Eason Transplant Institute, Memphis, TN, ²Department of Surgery, Transplant Research Institute, James D. Eason Transplant Institute, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, ³Sandra Atlas Bass Center for Liver Diseases & Transplantation, Northshore University Hospital/Northwell Health, NYC, NY
*Purpose: The escalating obesity crisis is a double-edged sword for the field of liver transplantation; higher rates of fatty liver disease increase both the demand…
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Comparative Analysis of Kidney Transplant-Specific versus Hospital-Wide Antibiograms
J. D. Lewis
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
*Purpose: Solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients are more likely to develop antimicrobial-resistant infections versus the general population, but few transplant centers have developed SOT-specific antibiograms…
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C-Reactive Protein 1-Year Post-Transplant is Associated with Future Development of Coronary Artery Vasculopathy and Rejection in a Pediatric Heart Transplant Cohort
H. J. Tadros, A. H. Bashir, F. J. Fricker, B. A. Pietra, D. Gupta
Congenital Heart Center/Pediatrics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
*Purpose: Coronary artery vasculopathy (CAV) is one of the leading causes of mortality beyond 3y post-transplant (OHT). Multiple risk factors are associated with development of…
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Molecular Profiles of Injury in Heart Transplant Allograft: Relationship to Rejection, Ejection Fraction, and Survival
P. Halloran¹, J. Reeve², &. the INTERHEART Study Group³
¹University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ²Alberta Transplant Applied Genomics Centre, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ³., ., AB, Canada
*Purpose: In previous studies we used microarray analysis of gene expression to identify rejection in heart transplant endomyocardial biopsies, and found that this also revealed…
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Conversion to Belatacept in HIV(+) Renal Transplant Recipients
A. Santeusanio, A. Bhansali, R. Shapiro, G. De Boccardo
Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY
*Purpose: HIV(+) renal transplant recipients were excluded from phase III trials of belatacept, and currently there are only scattered case reports.*Methods: This was a single…
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Parathyroidectomy Remains Effective for Treating Tertiary Hyperparathyroidism: Long-Term Results of a Randomized Study
A. Coloma¹, P. Moreno², J. Torregrosa³, N. Montero¹, A. Manonelles¹, E. Melilli¹, J. Cruzado¹
¹Nephrology, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Hospitalet de LLobregat, Spain, ²Surgery, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Hospitalet de LLobregat, Spain, ³Nephrology, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain
*Purpose: Tertiary hyperparathyroidism is a common cause of hypercalcemia after kidney transplant (KT). The aim of this study is to evaluate the long-term effectiveness of…