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  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Has the Proportional Rise in Deceased Organ Donation Rate Over Last 5 Years Been Optimal? Data-based, Forecasting Model Analysis of UNOS/NHSBT UK Donor Data

    H. Sharma1, A. Sharma2

    1Transplant and Vascular Access Surgery, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom, 2Data Analytics, Loyola University, Chicago, IL

    *Purpose: The increase in deceased donor numbers since last decade has been widely reported. We aim to analyse if the trend in rise of numbers…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Short Term Outcomes in Previously Covid Positive Living Kidney Donors and Their Recipients

    R. Prashar, N. J. Khoury, M. Ramesh, A. K. Patel

    Henry Ford Transplant Institute, Detroit, MI

    *Purpose: Study short term outcomes of living kidney donors (LKD) who were previously infected with COVID 19, and in their recipients.*Methods: After a brief hiatus…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Combined CD11b/CD40 Blockade is Superior to CD40 Blockade Alone in Prolonging Survival in Pig-to-Nonhuman Primate Renal Xenotransplantation

    D. A. Faber1, B. Lovasik1, A. Matar1, C. Breeden1, S. Kim1, A. Adams2

    1Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, 2Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

    *Purpose: Blockade of the CD40/CD154 pathway is highly effective in preventing rejection in pig-to-nonhuman primate (NHP) xenotransplantation models. Clinical translation of anti-CD154 mAbs, however, has…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Peripheral Blood Hematopoietic Chimerism: A Robust Biomarker for Transplantation Tolerance

    D. Tollerud1, E. Gornstein1, J. Leventhal2, K. V. Ravindra3, S. Ildstad1

    1Talaris Therapeutics, Louisville, KY, 2Division of Organ Transplantation, Northwestern Medical Group, Chicago, IL, 3Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC

    *Purpose: Despite the development of highly effective immunosuppressive medications, organ rejection and the toxicity of the drugs themselves remain significant obstacles to long-term graft and…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Construction of a Waiting Time Predictive Model for Kidney Transplant with Deceased Donor in the State of São Paulo

    J. Silva1, M. Contti1, M. Valiatti1, H. Nga1, G. Santos1, M. Perosa2, G. Ferreira3, L. Modelli de Andrade1

    1UNESP, Botucatu, Brazil, 2Hospital Leforte, São Paulo, Brazil, 3Santa Casa de Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Brazil

    *Purpose: Chronic kidney disease is an important public health problem and kidney transplant is the therapy of choice when possible. The transplant system in the…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Waitlist and Post-Transplant Outcomes of Candidates with Iabp or Ecmo: Comparison of Old and New Heart Allocation Policies

    M. Colvin1, Y. Ahn2, S. Hall3, M. Skeans2, M. Walsh4, A. Israni2

    1Univ of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 2SRTR, Minneapolis, MN, 3Baylor Univ, Dallas, TX, 4St. Vincent Heart Ctr, Indianapolis, IN

    *Purpose: New heart allocation policy prioritizes candidates on short-term circulatory support to promote transplant of the sickest candidates. There has been a shift in the…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Modification in Immunosuppression Regimens to Safely Perform Kidney Transplants Amid the Covid-19 Pandemic

    L. Von Stein, O. Witkowsky, L. Samidurai, K. Flores, M. Doraiswamy, T. Pesavento, P. Singh

    The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH

    *Purpose: In the USA, there was a 51.1% reduction in kidney transplant (KTx) since March 2020 due to concerns for contraction of COVID-19 in transplant…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Delayed Graft Function in Pediatric Living Donor Kidney Transplantation

    M. MacConmara, J. Shah, L. de Gregorio, D. Desai, P. Vagefi, C. S. Hwang

    Surgery, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX

    *Purpose: Pediatric recipients of living donor kidneys have a low rate of delayed graft function (DGF). The aim of this study was to examine the…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Outcomes of Cytomegalovirus Status Determining Induction Therapy in Lung Transplant

    K. Heagler1, J. Lyons1, B. Bemiss2, P. Stracener1

    1Pharmacy, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL, 2Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL

    *Purpose: At the study institution, basiliximab induction is withheld in lung transplant recipients who are cytomegalovirus (CMV) high risk due to concern for increased CMV…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    When is the Optimal Time to Initiate the Renal-Sparing Protocol with Calcineurin Inhibitor Withdrawal?

    N. Patel, M. Kittleson, J. Patel, T. Singer-Englar, S. Kim, D. Chang, B. Azarbal, A. Nikolova, L. Czer, F. Esmailian, J. A. Kobashigawa

    Cedars-Sinai Smidt Heart Institute, Los Angeles, CA

    *Purpose: Renal dysfunction after heart transplantation (HTx) has been associated with higher morbidity and mortality. The most common cause of this renal dysfunction is the…
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