Am J Transplant, Volume 22, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 168 of 190 - ATC Abstracts

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Repeat Kidney Transplantation from Living Donors Offers Comparable Outcomes as First Transplantation
N. Oh, K. Lee, J. Rhu, J. Kim, G. Choi, J. Park, J. Joh
Department of Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: The number of patients relisted for repeat kidney transplantation is increasing due to prolonged survival after first transplantation. This study is designed to compare…
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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…
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Pump Resistance Thresholds and Graft Outcomes in Machine Perfused Kidneys-A Single Center Retrospective Study
S. Sivan, J. Gaynor, M. Tabbara, G. Ciancio
Univ of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL
*Purpose: Perfusion parameters are increasingly used to assess the quality of organs and to make decisions about discarding the organ. Resistive index(RI) has been an…
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Reflections on the Most Prolific United States Kidney Transplant Surgeon: A Career That Helped Define the Standard of Transplant Care
C. Killian¹, R. Reed², P. MacLennan¹, D. Anderson¹, R. Cannon¹, B. Orandi¹, P. Porrett¹, S. Sheikh¹, C. Young¹, M. J. Hanaway¹, J. Locke¹
¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²University of Alabama at Birmingham, Irondale, AL
*Purpose: The standard of care in kidney transplantation has evolved with advances in immunosuppressive therapy. Few transplant surgeons experienced the realization of these advances firsthand.…