Am J Transplant, Volume 20, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 173 of 223 - ATC Abstracts

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Is 3-4+ Liver Fibrosis a Contraindication to Heart Transplantation?
M. Kittleson, J. Patel, D. Chang, E. Kransdorf, D. Geft, K. Nishihara, A. Shen, B. May, L. Czer, F. Esmailian, J. A. Kobashigawa
Cedars-Sinai Smidt Heart Institute, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Chronic liver disease in patients awaiting heart transplant is seen in patients with biventricular heart failure. This is mostly due to congestive hepatopathy due…
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Prevalence of Depression and Antidepressant Use in Cardiac Transplant Candidates and Recipients
D. Wood¹, N. R. Konopasek², J. Powers², G. Kim², M. Marcangelo³, L. Lourenco¹
¹Pharmacy, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL, ²Cardiology, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL, ³Psychiatry, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: A diagnosis of depression can have negative impacts such as graft loss, suicidal ideation, and mortality in patients pre- and post-heart transplantation (HT). This…
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Development and Impact of DSA after Lung Transplant
M. Henderson¹, G. Morris², C. Burt¹, A. Feist¹, J. Kozuch¹, E. Schonhoft³, G. Yung³, T. Floreth³, K. Afshar³, E. Golts⁴, M. Mariski¹
¹Pharmacy, University of California San Diego Health, San Diego, CA, ²Immunology, University of California San Diego Health, San Diego, CA, ³Pulmonology, University of California San Diego Health, San Diego, CA, ⁴Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of California San Diego Health, San Diego, CA
*Purpose: Antibody-mediated rejection (AMR) after lung transplant (LT) is a serious complication, potentially leading to graft failure despite advances in drug therapy. Diagnosis and treatment…
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Kidney Transplantation and Short Bowel Syndrome: Outcomes and Challenges
E. Abou Diwan¹, A. Patel², N. Elias³, K. Safa³
¹American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon, ²Nephrology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Transplant Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
*Purpose: Among patients with short bowel syndrome (SBS), kidney disease is highly prevalent due to volume depletion, crystal nephropathies, and many other reasons. Kidney transplantation…
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RNA Sequencing of Urine RNA Samples for Biomarker Discovery
K. S. Keslar¹, D. Margeta¹, M. Abecassis², J. J. Friedewald², P. S. Heeger³, R. L. Fairchild¹
¹Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ²Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ³Icahn School of Medicine, New York, NY
*Purpose: An accurate, noninvasive assay based on urinary gene expression profiles would be a powerful tool for clinical management of kidney transplant patients. We have…
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Nanodiamond-Doxorubicin Complexes Improve Hepatic Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury
A. Kobayashi, C. Grady, S. Duarte, V. Boominathan, S. Shrestha, A. Zarrinpar
Surgery, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
*Purpose: Hepatic ischemia/reperfusion injury (IRI) is a major inflammatory event in liver transplantation that is mediated by oxidative stress. Doxorubicin (DOX) can mitigate oxidative stress…
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Depletional Profiles of Human and Rhesus Specific Anti-Thymocyte Globulins in Rhesus Macaques
B. I. Shaw¹, R. Schmitz¹, D. M. Magnani², F. Leopardi¹, A. D. Kirk¹
¹Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC, ²Medicine, MassBiologics of the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Boston, MA
*Purpose: Rabbit anti-human ATG (rATG; Thymoglobulin®) is the most commonly used formulation for depletional induction therapy in the United States. However, given that it is…
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Making History, Saving Lives: One OPOs Experience Making History by Being the First in the Nation to Successfully Allocate Seven Organs for Transplant from a Donation after Circulatory Death (DCD) Donor
J. B. Nave, A. J. Boyer, C. A. Hostetler, C. C. Muse, R. A. Squires, J. P. Orlowski
LifeShare Transplant Donors Services, Oklahoma City, OK
*Purpose: At the time of this recovery, our OPO’s percentage of DCD donors was 41%. Continuing to maximize the gift successfully by increasing the percentage…
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Robotic Donor Nephrectomy: A Novel Approach to Improve Living Donor Kidney Transplantation
R. Shahbazov¹, A. Popovic¹, D. Friedman², I. Bandler², S. Loerzel¹, K. Heslin², R. Hod Duvarai³, B. Gallay⁴, O. Pankewycz⁴, M. Laftavi¹
¹Surgery, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, ²College of Medicine, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, ³Pathology, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, ⁴Medicine, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY
*Purpose: Robotic assisted live donor nephrectomies (RDN) have continued to gain popularity in recent years. Our purpose was to investigate the difference in outcomes between…
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Kidney Transplantation from Extended-Criteria Donors: An Increased Risk of Ureteral and Urinary Complications? Study from 10279 Patients
B. Mesnard¹, M. Leroy², G. Karam¹, F. Neri³, P. Glemain¹, M. Perrouin-Verbe¹, S. De Vergie¹, O. Bouchot¹, J. Rigaud¹, D. Cantarovich¹, G. Blancho¹, M. Giral¹, J. Branchereau¹
¹Department of Urology, Chu Nantes, Nantes Université, ITUN, Nantes, France, ²Department of Methodology And Biostatistics, Nantes, Nantes Université, Methodology And Biostatistics Platform, Nantes, France, ³Department of Surgical Sciences, Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, Oxford Transplant Centre, Oxford University Hospitals, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
*Purpose: Due to the increasing need for kidneys suitable to transplantation, the scientific comunity has expanded the donor population to include extended criteria donors (ECD).…