Am J Transplant, Volume 20, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 206 of 223 - ATC Abstracts

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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…
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Morbidity in Lung Transplant for Connective Tissue Disease
S. Minkove¹, E. Bush², P. Shah¹
¹Pulmonary and Critical Care, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD, ²Thoracic Surgery, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: To evaluate the post-lung transplant comorbidities of patients with connective tissue disease (CTD) compared with an age-matched cohort of patients transplanted for idiopathic pulmonary…
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Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia in a Lung Transplant Recipient
A. Arjuna¹, M. T. Olson², S. Tokman¹, S. Biswas Roy¹, M. A. Smith¹, R. M. Bremner¹, R. Walia¹
¹Norton Thoracic Institute, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ, ²University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ
*Purpose: Malignancy is generally a contraindication to lung transplantation (LTx). Few reports describe clinical outcomes in patients undergoing solid-organ transplantation with indolent hematologic malignancy. We…
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The Outcomes of Pancreas Transplantation from Pediatric Donors: A Single Center Experience
J. Choi, Y. Ko, H. Kwon, S. Shin, Y. Kim, D. Han
Division of Kidney & Pancreas Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: For increasing pancreas donor pool, the use of pediatric donors for pancreas transplantation is considered as a suitable option. However, the following questions still…
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Assessing Providers’ Accuracy in Predicting Early Readmission after Kidney and Liver Transplantation
K. Maroney, Z. Wang, R. Lynch, A. Adams, R. Patzer, J. Hogan
Emory University, Atlanta, GA
*Purpose: Predictive models capable of identifying patients at risk for readmission are in development. However, it is unknown how accurate clinicians are at predicting early…