2021 American Transplant Congress
A Shift in Paradigm: Phosphatidylethanol Testing to Monitor for and Address Alcohol Recidivism Following Liver Transplantation
*Purpose: Phosphatidylethanol (PEth) is a phospholipid that forms in the presence of ethanol with a long half-life compared to other alcohol detection tests. PEth testing…2021 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Surgical Resection versus Liver Transplantation in Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma
*Purpose: To compare the outcomes of patients with hilar cholangiocarcinoma (hCCA) who underwent either surgical resection or liver transplantion (LT).*Methods: All hCCA patients who underwent…2021 American Transplant Congress
Center Cost is Not a Barrier to Aggressive Utilization of DCD Livers
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH
*Purpose: Only 7% of livers transplanted in 2018 were from deceased from cardiac death (DCD) donors and only a minority of transplant centers aggressively utilize…2021 American Transplant Congress
Evaluation of Increasing Liver Discard Rate and Waiting List Drop-Off in Post-MELD Era
*Purpose: As number of donors and transplant cases rises each year, it is important to evaluate not only post-transplant survival rate but also the organ…2021 American Transplant Congress
Comparison of Outcomes of Living Donor Liver Transplantation for Biliary Atresia Patients with and without Kasai Portoenterostomy
*Purpose: We evaluated 10 year outcomes and the potential predictors of outcomes after living donor liver transplant (LT) for biliary atresia (BA) patients with and…2021 American Transplant Congress
Deep Learning Based Automatic Liver Volume Estimation and Segmentation via U-net Convolutional Neural Network
1InformAI, Houston, TX, 2Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 3Houston Methodist, Houston, TX
*Purpose: To create a deep learning model to accurately perform abdominal organ segmentation and volumetric measurements on existing donor and recipient imaging for size matching.*Methods:…2021 American Transplant Congress
Evaluation of Pepsin in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid Post-lung Transplantation: Implications of Detection
Norton Thoracic Institute, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ
*Purpose: This preliminary investigation in three lung transplant recipients aimed to measure pepsin, as a marker of gastric microaspiration, in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BAL) fluid,…2021 American Transplant Congress
Ex Situ Heart Perfusion and Standard of Care Cold Storage Differentially Affect the Ischemic Secretome of Donor Hearts in Perfusates but Not the Reperfusion Response in Recipient Plasma
*Purpose: Various allograft preservation procedures influence the donor organ status that may be reflected by the cytokine/chemokine microenvironment in heart transplant (HTx) recipients. In addition,…2021 American Transplant Congress
Providing Equitable Access: Language and Literacy Levels of Kidney Transplant Center Websites
*Purpose: Health disparities exist for access to kidney transplantation. Accessibility of patient-facing transplant center resources can contribute to these disparities. Patients interact with transplant centers…2021 American Transplant Congress
Improving Well-being for Heart Transplant Recipients: Implementation of a Patient Navigator Program
Health Navigator Foundation, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: When surveyed, heart transplant recipients cited managing all their healthcare needs as a primary concern 83% of the time (n=23). To respond to this…
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