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

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Significance of Repeated 1r Rejections in Heart Transplantation
C. Hsueh¹, L. Wilson², L. Bow², L. Bellumkonda²
¹Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT, ²Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
*Purpose: 1R rejection is commonly seen in routine post-transplant biopsies. While presence of occasional 1R rejection is not considered to be detrimental, the significance of…
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The Evolution of the National Liver Review Board
S. Noreen¹, J. Trotter², J. Pomposelli³, M. Cafarella¹, J. Heimbach⁴
¹UNOS, Richmond, VA, ²BSWHealth, Dallas, TX, ³UCHealth, Aurora, CO, ⁴Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
*Purpose: The National Liver Review Board (NLRB) was implemented 5/14/2019, establishing a national structure for liver exceptions comprised of three specialty review boards and a…
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Mortality, Risk Factors, and Treatment of Covid-19 Infection in Solid Organ Transplants: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
S. Yin, T. Song, Q. Zhong, T. Lin
Urology Institute and Organ Transplantation Center, West China Hospital, Chengdu, China
*Purpose: Outcomes for solid organ transplants (SOT) with COVID-19 have not been summarized, and prognostic factors for COVID-19 in SOT patients are not well established…
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Machine Perfusion of Kidney Grafts in Simultaneous Liver Kidney Transplantation: National Trends and Outcomes
A. Chang¹, M. Chen¹, P. Abt¹, T. Bittermann²
¹Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²Gastroenterology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: In this study we analyze the SRTR liver data set to determine the trends in machine perfusion of kidney grafts prior to SLK and…
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ABCC2 Haplotypes Associations to Mycophenolic Acid Pharmacokinetics in Stable Renal Transplant Recipients
K. Tornatore¹, D. Brazeau², C. Meaney³, J. Consiglio⁴, A. Gundroo⁵, S. Chang⁶, G. Wilding⁴, L. Cooper³
¹Pharmacy Practice, School of Pharmacy; University at Buffalo- SUNY, Buffalo, NY, ²Pharmacy Practice, Marshall University, Huntington, WV, ³Pharmacy Practice, School of Pharmacy; University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, ⁴Biostatistics, School of Public Health; University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, ⁵Medicine, School of Medicine; Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, ⁶Medicine, School of Medicine; University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
*Purpose: Mycophenolic acid (MPA), exhibits interpatient pharmacokinetic (PK) variability attributed to enterohepatic circulation of the glucuronide metabolite (MPAG) to MPA. This is mediated by multidrug…
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Kidney Paired Exchange in Children in the United-states
J. Hogan¹, A. G. Thomas², J. Verbesey³, D. L. Segev⁴
¹Transplant Research Center, Department of Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ²Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, ³Department of Surgery, Medstar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Washington, DC, ⁴Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Kidney paired exchange (KPE) plays an increasing role in the landscape of adult living donor transplant (LDTx) in the US. LDTx is the treatment…
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Impact of Graft Quality on Patient Survival in Sick Patients
G. Handing¹, S. Keeling¹, C. Christmann¹, N. Galvan², C. O’Mahony², J. Goss², R. Cotton², A. Rana²
¹School of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ²Michael E DeBakey Department of Surgery, Division of Abdominal Transplant, Houston, TX
*Purpose: It is widely accepted in the literature that patients who have a Model for End Stage Liver Disease (MELD) Score greater than 30 incur…
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Higher Number of Tacrolimus Dose Adjustments and Trough Level Measurements in Kidney Transplant Recipients with CYP3A5*1 Alleles
K. Reininger¹, G. Onyeaghala², T. Anderson-Haag¹, B. Wu², W. Guan², C. R. Dorr², R. Remmel², R. Mannon³, A. Matas², W. Oetting², A. Israni¹, P. Stahler¹, P. Jacobson²
¹Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN, ²University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ³University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
*Purpose: Tacrolimus (TAC) metabolism is dependent on the functional status of the cytochrome P450 family enzyme CYP3A5 which has three common loss of function (LoF)…
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Basiliximab versus Alemtuzumab: The Association Between Induction Agent and Airway Complications Following Lung Transplantation
M. Furukawa¹, E. G. Chan¹, T. Harano¹, J. Ryan¹, R. Rivosecchi², M. R. Morrell¹, P. G. Sanchez¹
¹Cardiothoracic Surgery, UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA, ²PUH-Pharmacy, UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: Controversy still exist regarding the best induction strategy for lung transplantation. At our institution, induction is defined based on donor recipient CMV match. While…
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Marginal Zone B Cells Support Donor-Specific Alloantibody Responses to Heart Allografts
V. Gorbacheva, R. Fan, W. Baldwin, R. Fairchild, A. Valujskikh
Inflammation and Immunity, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: Production of high affinity isotype-switched donor specific alloantibodies (DSA) after transplantation is associated with germinal center formation by follicular (FO) B cells whereas the…