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Cigarette Smoking and Long-Term Renal Function and Cardiovascular Disease in Living Kidney Donors
*Purpose: Since cigarette smoking is a major risk factor for kidney and cardiovascular disease in the general population, many programs advise living kidney donor candidates…2020 American Transplant Congress
Delayed Introduction of Mammalian Inhibitors of Rapamycin (mTOR) Post Kidney Transplantation Might Avoid the Chronic Nephrotoxicity of Calcineurin Inhibitors. Herein We Are Reporting an Eight-Years Single Center Experience of mTOR-Based Immunosuppression Regimen in Comparison with Cyclosporin-Based Regimen
*Purpose: Delayed introduction of mTOR inhibitors post kidney transplantation might avoid the chronic nephrotoxicity of CNI: eight-years single center experience.*Methods: This is a retrospective analysis…2020 American Transplant Congress
Converting from Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate to Tenofovir Alafenamide for Treatment of Patients with Hepatitis B Following Liver Transplantation
*Purpose: Taiwan has a high prevalence of hepatitis B (HBV) and HBV related end-stages liver diseases are the leading causes of liver transplantation (LT). Tenofovir…2020 American Transplant Congress
Re-Transplantation Outcomes in the United States Before and after DAA-Introduction
Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: The success of direct-acting antiviral (DAA) therapy has led to the widespread treatment of HCV and near-universal cure for chronically infected patients and improved…2020 American Transplant Congress
Atrial Fibrillation Predicts Inferior Survival in Liver Transplant Recipients of Advanced Age in a Large Multicenter U.S. Cohort
*Purpose: More liver transplants (LT) are being performed in patients >65 years (y) - a population with higher rates of cardiovascular (CV) disease. It is…2020 American Transplant Congress
Risk Factors of Invasive Fungal Infections in Liver Transplantation: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
*Purpose: Invasive fungal infection (IFI) remains one of the most common infectious complications after solid organ transplantation. Liver transplant recipients (LTRs) have a higher mortality…2020 American Transplant Congress
Clinical Correlation of Results of s CD4/CD8 Cytomegalovirus Cell Mediated Immunity Test with Incidence of Cytomegalovirus Infection
1UW Health, Madison, WI, 2UWMF, Madison, WI
*Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the predictive potential of a CD4/CD8 flow cytometric cell mediated immunity (CMI) assay for the development…2020 American Transplant Congress
Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV)+ Post-Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder (PTLD) is Associated with Tumor CCL3/CCL4 Expression and an Increase in Tumor-Infiltrating Monocytes
*Purpose: PTLD is a serious post-transplant complication that encompasses a spectrum of abnormal lymphoproliferations, including B cell lymphoma-type PTLDs. Although many are EBV-driven, a significant…2020 American Transplant Congress
Frequency and Main Diagnoses of Hospitalizations in Patients after Kidney Transplantation
Nephrology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
*Purpose: Kidney transplant recipients (KTR) suffer many complications and are hospitalized frequently. Specific reasons for hospital admission with detailed information are scarce.*Methods: We retrieved data…2020 American Transplant Congress
Access to and Survival Benefit of Kidney Transplantation in Patients with Sickle Cell Disease-Associated End-Stage Renal Disease in the United States
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Patients with end-stage renal disease due to sickle cell disease (SCD-ESRD) have high mortality, which might be reduced by kidney transplantation (KT). However, whether…
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