Am J Transplant, Volume 20, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 49 of 223 - ATC Abstracts

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The Requirement of Thymic Irradiation for Induction of Mixed Chimerism and Renal Allograft Tolerance in Non-Human Primates
T. Hirose¹, H. Sasaki¹, T. Oura¹, D. Ma¹, A. Dehnadi¹, R. B. Colvin², I. Rosales², A. B. Cosimi¹, T. Kawai¹
¹Center for Transplantation Sciences, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
*Purpose: Thymic irradiation (TI) has been required for consistent induction of allograft tolerance through a mixed chimerism approach in both murine and nonhuman primate (NHP)…
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Donor-Derived Cell-Free DNA (dd-cfDNA) Levels in Stable Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients
M. Waide, J. Carmody, I. G. Restaino
Pediatrics, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA
*Purpose: Among adult kidney transplant recipients, donor-derived cell-free DNA (dd-cfDNA) has been validated as a highly sensitive biomarker for graft rejection. Unfortunately, few data are…
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KDPI-Based Kidney Discard Risk Assessment
S. Mehrotra¹, M. Barah², K. Bui³
¹IEMS Department, MEAS, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, ²IEMS Department, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, ³Department of Mathematics, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA
*Purpose: Despite the vital need, 3,553 (19%) deceased-donor kidneys were discarded in 2018 in the current US allocation system. The discard rate has remained at…
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Impact of Severity of Glomerulosclerosis on Long-Term Outcomes in Deceased Donor Renal Transplant Recipients with Donor Acute Kidney Injury
A. Brar¹, A. Gruessner², D. Adey¹, M. Salifu²
¹University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
*Purpose: With long waitlist times for renal transplantation,there is a need to reduce discard rates of donor kidneys.The purpose of this study is to assess…
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Incidence, Clinical Correlates and Outcomes of Pulmonary Hypertension after Kidney Transplantation: Analysis of Linked U.S. Registry and Medicare Billing Claims
K. Lentine¹, S. Costa², Y. Caliskan³, D. Levine⁴, J. Runo⁵, H. Te⁶, J. Rangaswami⁷, D. Dadhania⁸, D. Axelrod⁹, M. Schnitzler³, H. Xiao¹, B. Kasiske¹⁰, J. Snyder¹⁰, T. Villines¹¹
¹Department of Medicine, Saint Louis Univ, Saint Louis, MO, ²Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH, ³Saint Louis Univ, Saint Louis, MO, ⁴UT Health, San Antonio, TX, ⁵Univ of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, ⁶Univ of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ⁷Einstein Medical Ctr, Philadelphia, PA, ⁸Weill Cornell, New York, NY, ⁹Univ of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, ¹⁰SRTR, Minneapolis, MN, ¹¹Univ of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
*Purpose: To describe the incidence and mortality implications of pulmonary hypertension (P-HTN) in a large, national cohort of US kidney transplant (KTx) recipients.*Methods: We examined…
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The Evolution and Impact of ABMR Histology and Transplant Glomerulopathy in the Presence or Absence of HLA-DSA
M. Coemans¹, A. Senev¹, G. Verbeke², M. Emonds¹, M. Naesens¹
¹Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, ²Leuven Biostatistics and Statistical Bioinformatics Centre (L-BioStat), KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
*Purpose: After kidney transplantation, the occurrence of ABMRh (=histological picture of antibody-mediated rejection) and transplant glomerulopathy (cg) has been reported, both in the presence and…
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Multi-National Survey among Nephrologists and Transplant Surgeons About the Suitability and Acceptance of the Marginal Live Kidney Donors Regarding Age Discrepancy
Z. Arabi¹, S. Kaysi², A. Hamad³, M. Bukhari⁴, A. Mateen¹, E. Elhassan¹, A. Altheaby¹
¹KAMC, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, ²CHR Orleans, Orleans, France, ³The Regional Medical Center, Orangeburg, SC, ⁴Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia
*Purpose: Living donor kidney transplantation is the best option for patients on dialysis. There are no guidelines or generally accepted consensus about the acceptable kidney…
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Frailty Predicts Increased Length of Stay after Kidney Transplantation: An Implementation Study
J. Schaenman, B. Hale-Durbin, C. Lee, N. Ventigan, S. Jaladanki, L. Shih, B. Abdalla, R. Ahn, S. Chang, M. Dunbar-Forrest, H. A. Gritsch, G. Danovitch, D. Goldwater
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Our objective was to implement a standardized an assessment of physical frailty and other aging-associated syndromes during routine evaluation of kidney transplant candidates over…
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11 Years Experience of Early Steroid Withdrawal Immunosupression Protocol in Kidney Allograft Recipient
O. Adebiyi, A. Sharfuddin, M. Yaqub, D. Mishler, T. Taber, W. Goggins
Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
*Purpose: Early Steroid Withdrawal (ESW) Immunosuppression protocol has become a viable alternative to steroid based regimen. Our transplant program has adopted ESW protocol since 2003…
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Molecular Diagnosis of Rejection in Liver Transplant Biopsies: The INTERLIVER Study
K. S. Madill-Thomsen¹, P. F. Halloran², .. The INTERLIVER Study Group³
¹Alberta Transplant Applied Genomics Centre, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ²University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ³., ., AB, Canada
*Purpose: Diagnosing rejection in liver transplant biopsies is challenging given the limitations of histology e.g. low kappa values among pathologists. A Molecular Microscope® Diagnostic system…