Am J Transplant, Volume 21, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 114 of 139 - ATC Abstracts

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The Impact of Donor Age and Donor-Recipient Age Difference on Living Donor Kidney Transplantation
T. Hiramitsu¹, T. Tomosugi², K. Futamura², M. Okada², N. Goto², T. Ichimori², S. Narumi², Y. Watarai²
¹Nagoya Daini Red Cross Hospital, Myokencho Showaku, Japan, ²Nagoya Daini Red Cross Hospital, Nagoya, Japan
*Purpose: The impact of donor age and donor-recipient age difference on living donor kidney transplantation have not been investigated simultaneously.*Methods: A total 805 adult living…
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Initial Experience with Single-port Robotic-assisted Kidney Transplantation
M. Eltemamy, A. Aminsharifi, Y. Lin, Z. Schwen, M. Abou Zeinab, V. Krishnamurthi, D. Goldfarb, A. Wee, J. Kaouk
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: Early experiences with multi-port robotic kidney transplantation have demonstrated a potential reduction in complications and improved convalescence while maintaining equivalent functional outcomes relative to…
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Development and Validation of a Nomogram for Remnant Kidney Function After Living-donor Donation
M. Dou, P. Tian, B. Zheng, G. Deng, Y. Shi, C. Ding
The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China
*Purpose: This study was to develop and validate a nomogram to predict remnant kidney function after living-donor kidney donation.*Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort study…
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Maternal Perinatal Condition and Neonatal Growth and Development After Renal Transplantation
X. Feng, T. Song, Q. Zhong, J. Zeng, X. Wang, Y. Fan, Z. Huang, T. Lin
Department of Urology, Institute of Urology, Organ Transplantation Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
*Purpose: Although pregnancy and delivery after kidney transplantation have been reported in many studies , it is still little known about growth and development of…
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Clinical Validation and Performance of Donor-Derived Cell-Free DNA in Allograft Rejection
S. Anand¹, A. Pai², J. S. Bromberg³, G. Gupta⁴, I. Moinuddin⁴, T. Alhamad⁵, V. Bowers⁶, S. Ghosh⁷, W. Tian⁷, L. Bu⁸, E. Stites⁹
¹Intermountain Medical Center, Murray, UT, ²University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX, ³University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁴Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, ⁵Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, ⁶Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL, ⁷CareDx, Brisbane, CA, ⁸University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ⁹University of Colorado, Aurora, CO
*Purpose: Extensive literature regarding the utility of donor-derived cell-free DNA (dd-cfDNA) shares various thresholds for active rejection (AR) based on differing data sets for both…
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Detection of Rejection in Kidney Transplant Patients Using an Algorithm That Combines Donor Fraction and Absolute Donor-derived Cell-free DNA
S. Bunnapradist¹, E. Ahmed², M. Maninder², Z. P. Demko², P. R. Billings², H. Tabriziani², P. Gauthier³
¹David Geffen Sch of Med @ UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ²Natera, Inc., San Carlos, CA, ³Natera, Inc., Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Donor-derived cell-free DNA (dd-cfDNA) in the plasma of renal allograft patients is a clinically validated biomarker for allograft injury and rejection. Several dd-cfDNA assays…
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Hypercholesterolemia and Donor Age Impaired Capillary Vegf and Nitric Oxide (no) Expression and in Turn Decrease Both Microvascular Density and Tubule Villin Expression in Renal Allografts, Resulting in Poor Graft Survival
B. Ozdemir¹, E. Akcay¹, A. Ok Atilgan¹, M. Haberal²
¹Department of Pathology, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey, ²Division of Transplantation, Department of General Surgery, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey
*Purpose: The role of aging and hypercholesterolemia (HC) on endothelial cells (ECs) are not well defined. Aged ECs might produce less NO and VEGF, resulting…
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I Would Do Whatever It Took”: Understanding the Motivation, Education and Experiences of Kidney Paired Donation Participants
R. Pines¹, Y. A. Iraheta², L. Ambriz², K. A. Dahmani², E. H. Wood², M. Cooper³, A. D. Waterman²
¹Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, Santa Barbara, CA, ²UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ³Medstar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Washington, DC
*Purpose: To improve kidney paired donation (KPD) educational programs, we conducted semi-structured interviews to understand motivations of past recipients and donors to participate in KPD,…
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Combined Liver-Kidney Transplantation in Adults With End-Stage Liver Disease: Risk Factors in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease Stages 3-5, Not on Maintenance Dialysis
A. Santos, E. Bueno, M. Leghrouz
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
*Purpose: We aimed to identify the risk factors for combined liver-kidney transplantation (CLKT) vs. liver transplantation alone (LTA) in end stage liver disease (ESLD) patients…
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Early Portal Vein Ligation in the Setting of Shorter Hepatectomy May Contribute to Better Surgical Outcomes in Deceased Donor Liver Transplantation
K. Delvecchio, T. Kitajima, A. Mohamed, S. Yeddula, M. Tayseer, T. Ivanics, K. Collins, M. Rizzari, A. Yoshida, M. Abouljoud, S. Nagai
Henry Ford Hosptial, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: Few published reports have suggested lower blood loss in association with early portal vein ligation (e-PVL) during liver transplantation surgery, however there are currently…