Am J Transplant, Volume 20, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 178 of 223 - ATC Abstracts

2020 American Transplant Congress
Using Quality Metrics to Improve Access to Living Donor Kidney Transplantation
C. Jadlowiec, M. Petrosky, J. Welch, S. Holligan, A. Thorp, S. Wilson, C. Mansour, A. Mathur, K. Reddy, H. Khamash, K. Engholdt
Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ
*Purpose: Living donor kidney transplants (LDKT) are an excellent option for patients with kidney disease. Delays in donor evaluations can impact donor satisfaction as well…
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Cross-Sectional Survey to Assess Barriers to Medication Adherence in an Urban Transplant Population
A. Reticker, B. Valdepenas, L. Glauner, O. Piatek, S. Kerns, P. West-Thielke
University of Illinois, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Non-adherence is a strong predictor of post-transplant outcome. Barriers to medication adherence (MA) include the cost and complexity of a medication regimen, education level,…
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Effect of Kidney Transplantation on Sleep Quality in Patients Admitted in ICU: A Cross-Section Study in China
L. Long, J. Liu, J. Yan, F. J. Xie, F. L. Liu, H. Liu, H. K. Yin
Transplantation Center, Third Xiangya Hospital, Changsha, China
*Purpose: Although evidences showed that sleep disorder is common in patient with end stage renal disease (ESRD), less is known about their sleep quality after…
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Effects of Donor Heavy Alcohol Use on Post-Heart Transplant Outcomes: Time to Abstain?
J. Patel, M. Kittleson, D. Chang, E. Kransdorf, D. Geft, A. Shen, K. Nishihara, G. Jamero, L. Czer, F. Esmailian, J. Kobashigawa
Cedars-Sinai Smidt Heart Institute, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Donors with a history of heavy alcohol use have been suspected to possibly harbor a subclinical alcoholic cardiomyopathy with limited cardiac reserve. This problem…
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Alternate Triazole Therapy for Breakthrough Invasive Fungal Disease in Lung Transplant Recipients on Triazole Prophylaxis
A. Abbas, H. Hassouna, F. Marco Canosa, K. D. Brizendine
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: Invasive fungal diseases (IFD) are a leading cause of infection related morbidity and mortality in lung transplant (LT) recipients. Data regarding outcomes of breakthrough…
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Impact of Donor Lung Pathogenic Bacteria Detected by Next-Generation Sequencing on Early Post-Transplant Outcomes in Lung Transplant Recipients
D. Liu, J. Zhang, J. Chen
Lung Transplant Center, Wuxi People's Hospital, Wuxi, China
*Purpose: The effect of donor lung pathogenic bacteria on the prognosis of lung transplantation is not clear. We used the technique of next-generation sequencing (NGS)…
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The Use of dd-cfDNA as a Predictive Tool for Future Proteinuria
S. Jordan¹, P. Sood², J. Bromberg³, D. Brennan⁴
¹Cedars-Sinai, Los Angeles, CA, ²University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, ³University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, ⁴The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Most allografts with proteinuria >1500 mg/dL have new glomerular pathology. In contrast, lower levels of proteinuria are generally associated with non-glomerular, nonspecific histologic changes.…
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A Mouse Model of Paratopic Intestinal Transplantation to Delineate GVHD-Free Alloimmune Rejection Responses
A. Dangi¹, J. Wang², A. Joseph³, J. Roper³, N. Surana⁴, X. Luo¹
¹Nephrology/Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC, ²Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC, ³Gastroenterology/Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC, ⁴Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University, Durham, NC
*Purpose: Current clinical practice of intestinal transplantation is limited due to a high rate of graft failure and patient mortality. In the present study, we…
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Rat Hind Limb Transplant Model to Assess Vascularized Composite Allograft (VCA) Inflammation and Ischemia Reperfusion Injury
Z. Wang¹, A. B. Harrant¹, Y. Wang¹, K. Washington¹, E. Farkash², C. A. Huang¹
¹Surgery, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, ²Pathology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
*Purpose: Vascularized composite allografts are potential surgical solutions for patients with traumatic or disfiguring injuries but are highly immunogenic and require elevated levels of immunosuppression.…
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Human Live Donor Liver Transplantation is Associated with Pd-l1 Expression on Donor-Exosome-Acquiring Host Dendritic Cells
D. Lema, E. Jankowska-Gan, D. Al-Adra, W. Burlingham
Surgery- Transplantation, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
*Purpose: Liver transplantation (LTx) has been associated with the phenomenon of “cross-dressing” of recipient dendritic cells (DCs) by donor exosome-derived MHC antigens, and acquisition of…