Am J Transplant, Volume 22, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 79 of 190 - ATC Abstracts

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High Level Cytomegalovirus Viremia in Liver Transplant Recipients: Risk Factors and Associated Outcomes
H. L. Kleiboeker¹, M. R. Jorgenson¹, G. E. Leverson², J. P. Rice³, C. M. Saddler⁴, J. A. Smith⁴, D. Al-Adra³
¹Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, WI, ²Department of Surgery, UW School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, ³Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, ⁴Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI
*Purpose: To evaluate epidemiology, risk-factors and outcomes of high-level CMV viremia in LTX recipients.*Methods: Retrospective review of adults who received LTX between 1/1/2017-9/30/2020. Inclusion criteria…
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Sustained Alloantigen Exposure Reinforces Transplantation Tolerance
J. B. Allocco¹, C. McIntosh¹, P. Wang¹, Y. Wang¹, M. Miller¹, H. Sattar², D. Yin³, Z. J. Zhang⁴, A. Chong³, M. Alegre¹
¹Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ²Department of Pathology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ³Department of Surgery, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ⁴Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: While advances have been made in therapies that achieve tolerance in mouse transplant models, successful tolerance is still vulnerable to inflammatory challenges that can…
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Early Retrieval of the Right Kidney for Combined Heart and Kidney Transplantation is Feasible and Reduces Costs
H. Podder¹, R. McMillan², S. Yi², M. Hobeika³, D. Nguyen², E. Graviss², R. Whitehead², R. J. Knight⁴, M. Ghobrial², A. O. Gaber²
¹The Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, ²Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, ³Houston Methodist, Houston, TX, ⁴Surgery, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX
*Purpose: Combined heart and kidney transplants (cHKT) have increased in recent years. Standard procurement practice often necessitates kidney extraction and packaging after the heart team…
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End-to-Side Splenic to Hepatic Artery Reconstruction in Liver Transplant: A Case Series
N. Baker, L. Aviles-Ovalle, T. Baker, J. Campsen, R. Kim, G. Rofaiel
Department of Surgery, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT
*Purpose: Optimal hepatic artery (HA) blood flow post-liver transplantation (LT) is necessary for long-term allograft success. HA thrombosis (HAT) contributes to significant morbidity and mortality…
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Outcomes of Transplants in Kidneys with Multiple Arteries
C. Seet, L. Clementoni, I. H. Mohamed, M. A. Khurram
The Royal London Hospital, London, United Kingdom
*Purpose: Variations in kidney anatomy, such as the presence of multiple arteries, may affect decisions regarding implantation. A significant proportion of living donor and some…
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Palliative Care for the Patients with Failing Kidney Allograft: Kraft Survey
N. Murakami¹, S. Gelfand¹, A. J. Reich¹, R. Leiter², J. Lakin², J. T. Adler³, E. Lu⁴, S. Ong⁵, B. P. Concepcion⁶, N. Singh⁷, H. Murad⁸, P. Anand⁹, S. Ramer¹⁰, D. Dadhania¹¹, K. Lentine¹², T. Alhamad¹³
¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, ³University of Texas Austin, Austin, TX, ⁴Icahn School of Mount Sinai, New York, NY, ⁵Universiy of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁶Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ⁷John C. McDonald Regional Transplant Center, Shreveport, LA, ⁸Washington University in St Louis, Chesterfield, MO, ⁹Medical University of South Carolina, Lancaster, SC, ¹⁰Weil Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, ¹¹Weill Cornell Medicine - NYPH, New York, NY, ¹²Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO, ¹³Washington University School of Medicine at St. Louis, Saint Louis, MO
*Purpose: Care of patients with failing kidney allograft can be challenging with discordant expectations between clinicians and patients. These patients often suffer from multiple morbidities,…
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Impact of Dysgeusia on Transplant Recipients with Refractory Cytomegalovirus with/without Resistance Receiving Maribavir: Post-Hoc Analyses from a Phase 3 Randomized Trial
F. Silveira¹, S. Haider², D. Kaul³, O. Witzke⁴, J. Gu⁵, A. Sundberg⁵
¹Univ. Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ²McMaster Univ., Hamilton, ON, Canada, ³Univ. Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁴Univ. Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany, ⁵Takeda Development Center Americas, Inc., Lexington, MA
*Purpose: In a Phase 3 study (SOLSTICE; NCT02931539), maribavir (MBV) was superior to investigator-assigned therapies (IAT; val/ganciclovir, foscarnet, or cidofovir) for CMV clearance at Wk…
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International Practices on COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates for Transplant Candidates
Y. Caliskan¹, B. E. Hippen², D. Axelrod³, M. Schnitzler¹, K. Maher¹, T. Alhamad⁴, S. Anwar⁵, V. Kute⁶, K. Lentine¹
¹Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO, ²Transplant Medicine, Fresenius Medical Care, Charlotte, NC, ³University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, ⁴Washington University School of Medicine at St. Louis, Saint Louis, MO, ⁵Sheikh Shakhbout Medical Hospital, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, ⁶Dr. H L Trivedi Institute of Transplantation Sciences, Ahmedabad, India
*Purpose: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has created unprecedented challenges and there are practice differences for solid organ transplant programs worldwide. We sought to…
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Pretransplant microRNAs in Liver Perfusate Associate with Early Allograft Dysfunction
E. Bardhi, E. Williams, J. McDaniels, T. Rousselle, V. Mas, D. Maluf
University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Early allograft dysfunction (EAD) in liver transplantation (LT) is associated with poor long-term graft and patient survival. Prior to LT, while organs are stored…
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Tuberculosis Screening Test Predicting Tuberculosis Infection in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients a Retrospective Cohort Study
D. Alissa¹, G. Korayem², R. AlMaghrabi³, H. Alruwaisan³, F. Alyahya², L. Aljuaid², G. Alzimami²
¹Deputyship of Therapeutic Affairs, Saudi Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, ²College of Pharmacy, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, ³KFSH, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
*Purpose: Tuberculosis (TB) is a common infection that affects patients after solid organ transplantation (SOT). Thus, the American Society of transplantation (AST) recommends screening all…