Am J Transplant, Volume 22, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 178 of 190 - ATC Abstracts

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Ultrasound Targeted Microbubble Cavitation During Ex Vivo Normothermic Machine Perfusion Reduces Peribiliary Vascular Plexus Thrombi and Graft Injury in a DCD Liver Transplant Model
Y. Nigmet¹, C. Hughes¹, X. Chen², A. Demetris³, D. Stolz⁴, J. Pacella², A. Humar⁵, F. Villanueva²
¹Transplant Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Center for Ultrasound Molecular Imaging and Therapeutics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ³Transplant Pathology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁴Center for Biological Imaging, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁵Thomas E Starzl Transplant Inst, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: Thrombus formation in the peribiliary vascular plexus (PBP) is a proposed mechanism for ischemic cholangiopathy (IC) after liver transplantation from donors after circulatory death…
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Outcomes of Sensitized Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Transplant
E. R. Kitchel, T. Tan, A. Wadhwa, D. G. Farmer, S. Bunnapradist
David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Pre-formed donor-specific HLA antibodies (DSAs) in simultaneous liver-kidney transplants (SLKTs) have been associated with increased risk of antibody mediated rejection (AMR) and negative transplant…
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Clinical Significances Of Anti-collagen Type I And Type Iii Antibodies In Antibody-mediated Rejection
S. Park¹, S. Yang¹, K. Moon¹, J. Ha¹, Y. Kim¹, E. Song¹, H. Lee²
¹Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ²Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: It is important to determine the clinical significance of non-human leukocyte antigen (HLA) antibodies and their association with antibody-mediated rejection (ABMR) of kidney allografts.*Methods:…
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Successful Outcome of Highly Sensitized Patients After Heart Transplantation Under RATG Regimen
G. Esmailian, T. Singer-Englar, J. Patel, M. Kittleson, S. Kim, N. Patel, D. Chang, E. Kransdorf, F. Esmailian, J. A. Kobashigawa
Cedars-Sinai Smidt Heart Institute, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Highly sensitized patients (panel reactive antibody [PRA] ≥50%) are known to be at risk for poor outcome after heart transplantation (HTx). In our program,…
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Impacts Of Donor Gender On Recurrent Hepatocellular Carcinoma In Liver Transplant Donated After Brain Death
T. Nakamura¹, K. Sasaki², T. Yamamoto¹, S. Kimura¹, L. Dageforde¹, H. Yeh¹, N. Elias¹, T. Kawai¹, J. F. Markmann¹
¹Division of Transplant Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Division of Abdominal Transplantation, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
*Purpose: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common form of primary liver cancer. It is well known that HCC is predominant in males and prognosis…
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Pre-Vaccine Antibodies Against Seasonal Betacoronaviruses Are Associated with Decreased Antibody Response to SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccination in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
A. Karaba¹, W. Zhou¹, T. Aytenfisu¹, T. S. Johnston¹, O. Akinde¹, Y. Eby¹, A. Abedon¹, J. Alejo¹, C. Qin¹, J. Garonzik-Wang², S. Klein¹, J. Bailey¹, A. Cox¹, J. Blankson¹, D. Segev¹, A. Tobian¹, W. Werbel¹
¹Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ²University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Health, Madison, WI
*Purpose: The impact of antigenic imprinting, when immune memory of one antigen influences the response to subsequent similar antigens, on the antibody response in solid…
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Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices Regarding Covid-19 Among Solid Organ Transplant Patients at a Transplant Center in the United States: A Cross-Sectional Study
L. Wang, H. Oduor, M. Abualfoul, P. Acharya, M. Pagadala
Methodist Dallas Medical Center, Dallas, TX
*Purpose: To evaluate the knowledge, attitude, and practices (KAP) of patients who have undergone kidney and/or liver solid organ transplants (SOTs) during the COVID-19 pandemic.*Methods:…
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Seasonal Variation of Cytomegalovirus Infection in Kidney Transplant Recipients
M. Jorgenson, B. Astor, C. Saddler, J. Smith, F. Aziz, D. Mandelbrot, N. Garg
University of Wisconsin Health, Madison, WI
*Purpose: Studies conducted in the northern United States found cytomegalovirus (CMV) disease after liver transplantation follows a seasonal pattern, with increased incidence in Fall and…
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Utility of Protocol Pancreas Biopsies for De Novo Donor-Specific Antibodies
S. Parajuli, D. Mandelbrot, J. Odorico
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
*Purpose: Donor-specific antibodies (DSA) against the human leukocyte antigens (HLA) can now be measured accurately and repetitively, and are routinely monitored post-transplant. In recipients of…
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Results of Heart Transplantation from Donation After Circulatory Death (DCD) Donors Using Thoraco-Abdominal Normothermic Regional Perfusion (TA-NRP) Compared to Donation from Donation After Brain Death (DBD) Are Similar at One Year
C. Gidea¹, L. James², D. E. Smith², J. Carillo², A. Reyentovich³, T. Saraon², S. Katz², S. Rao², R. Goldberg², B. Kadosh², M. DiVita², J. Cruz², N. Sikand², J. Ngai², G. Piper², N. Moazami²
¹New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, ²NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, ³New York University Langone Health, New York, NY
*Purpose: In the U.S., interest in heart transplantation organ donation from DCD is increasing. Several different approaches are being considered. We present our institutional experience…