Am J Transplant, Volume 22, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 155 of 190 - ATC Abstracts

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Eliminating Hepatitis C Positive Status from Kidney Donor Profile Index (KDPI) Calculations Results in Improved Transplant Rates and Outcomes in an Elderly Veteran Population
R. Lopez-Soler¹, A. Thorndyke¹, C. Trotter¹, A. Abadier², M. Samra¹
¹Surgery, Transplantation, Edward Hines Jr. Veterans Administration Hospital, Hines, IL, ²Surgery, Loyola University Medical School, Maywood, IL
*Purpose: Overall mortality on the kidney transplant waiting list is higher for older patients. The average age of waitlisted veteran patients is 64, with patients…
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Outcomes Following Renal Transplant with Hepatitis C Viremic Donors in an Elderly Veteran Population with Preemptive Mayvret Therapy
R. Lopez-Soler¹, A. Thorndyke¹, C. Trotter¹, A. Abadier², M. Samra¹
¹Surgery, Transplantation, Edward Hines Jr. Veterans Administration Hospital, Hines, IL, ²Surgery, Loyola University School of Medicine, Maywood, IL
*Purpose: Overall mortality on the kidney transplant waiting list is higher for older diabetic patients. The average age of waitlisted veteran patients is 64, with…
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The Effect of Baseline Blood Pressure on Early Graft Function in Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation
B. Jun Bae¹, C. Oh¹, H. Ahn²
¹Department of surgery, Ajou University Medical School, Suwon, Korea, Republic of, ²Department of Anesthesiology and Pain medicine, Ajou University Medical School, Suwon, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: The adequate perfusion pressure to the graft is essential for proper graft function in kidney transplantation, especially in deceased donor kidney transplantation. Therefore, the…
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Baseline Findings from the UREAACT Trial to Improve Medication Adherence in Youth with Kidney Transplants
S. Amaral¹, P. Kwong², J. Zhu², R. George³, N. Rodig⁴, B. Warady⁵, J. Smith⁶, A. Bobrowski⁷, D. Matossian⁸, N. Zelikovsky⁹, L. Schwartz¹, P. Reese², R. Goldfarb Terry¹, J. Reason², A. Chung¹, S. Furth¹
¹CHOP, Phila, PA, ²UPenn, Phila, PA, ³CHOA, Atlanta, GA, ⁴Boston Children's, Boston, MA, ⁵Children's Mercy, Kansas City, MO, ⁶Seattle Children's, Seattle, WA, ⁷Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ⁸Lurie Children's, Chicago, IL, ⁹LaSalle Univ, Phila, PA
*Purpose: This abstract describes the design and baseline characteristics of participants in the U-REAACT trial, a study to improve medication adherence in youth with kidney…
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Association Between CT Measurements of Body Composition Before Liver Transplantation and Post-Transplantation Outcomes
Y. Liu¹, O. Shafaat¹, K. Jackson¹, J. Motter¹, B. Boyarsky¹, M. Latif¹, F. Yuan¹, E. King¹, A. Zaheer¹, R. Summers², D. Segev¹, M. McAdams-DeMarco¹, C. Weiss¹
¹Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ²NIH Clinical Center, Bethesda, MD
*Purpose: Various methods exist for measuring body composition using computed tomography (CT) scans; however, it is unclear which components best predict post-liver transplantation (LT) outcomes.…
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Non-Invasive Assessment of Hepatic Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury Using Dynamic Contrast Enhanced-MRI and T2 Mapping
O. C. Rodriguez¹, J. R. Liggett², J. Kang², K. Loh², Y. Lee¹, N. Sang¹, B. He¹, Y. Cui², K. Oza², D. Kwon³, B. Kallakury³, T. Fishbein², W. Cui², K. Khan², C. Albanese¹, A. Kroemer²
¹Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Center for Translational Imaging, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, ²MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Washington, DC, ³Pathology, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC
*Purpose: Hepatic ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) is a consequence of liver transplantation and hepatectomy that varies in severity and clinical significance. The diagnosis is made based…
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Impact of Maintaining Blood Pressure Goals on Graft Function After Kidney Transplant
D. Majmundar, A. DiCarlo, S. Karhadkar, A. Diamond, K. Mohrien, P. Szczesniak
Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: Impaired graft function following kidney transplant impacts short- and long-term patient outcomes. Proper management of systolic blood pressure (SBP) in the immediate post-operative period…
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Concordance of Kidney and Pancreas Rejection on Protocol and for Cause Biopsy in Simultaneous Kidney Pancreas Transplantation
P. Budhiraja, R. Heilman, H. Khamash, A. Jaramillo, D. Ramon, H. Me, J. Ninan, S. Reddy, s. S. Misra, H. Chakkera
Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ
*Purpose: Our aim was to study the concordance rate of kidney and pancreas rejection in patients who received simultaneous kidney-pancreas transplantation (SKP) and its effects…
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Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction: Prevalence and Relation to Outcomes in Liver Transplantation Recipients
M. B. Hammami¹, H. Allaham², J. Grossman², P. Xue², K. Eagan², S. Gottlieb², C. Hong², L. Wang², C. Bhati², D. Maluf², K. Shetty², N. Urrunaga²
¹University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, ²University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Assess the prevalence and characteristics of patients with pre-transplant left ventricular diastolic dysfunction (LVDD) and its potential impact on post-transplant morbidity and mortality.*Methods: Retrospective…
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Survival of the Fittest: The Rise in Liver Transplantation for Alcoholic Related Disease
K. Lau¹, A. M. Fagenson¹, L. Szeto², S. Gingipally², K. Forde²
¹Surgery, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, ²Medicine, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: The number of Orthotopic Liver Transplantation (OLT) performed for hepatitis C infection have decreased recently due to direct acting antiviral therapy. However, the number…