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Plasma Osteopontin Levels Correlate with Reversible Kidney Injury in Liver Transplant Candidates
Background: Predicting post-liver transplant (LT) recovery of renal dysfunction (RD) remains a significant clinical challenge. Biomarkers predictive of recovery would be helpful in the management…2013 American Transplant Congress
Effect of Transient BK Viremia after T-Cell Depleting Antibody Therapy in Kidney Transplant Recipients, The
Dept of Surgery, MTI, Miami; Dept of Medicine, Univ. of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL
Polyoma BK virus-associated nephropathy (BKVN) is a significant cause of premature graft loss in kidney transplant recipients. Transient BK viremia is observed after an induction…2013 American Transplant Congress
Clinical and Mechanistic Outcomes of Photopheresis after Heart Transplantation
Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, Los Angeles, CA
BACKGROUND: Photopheresis is a form of maintenance therapy designed to treat heart transplant patients who have had refractory rejection, chronic left ventricular dysfunction, or chronically…2013 American Transplant Congress
Graft Function and Transplant Vasculopathy after Alemtuzumab Induction in Cardiac Transplantation: Five Year Outcomes
Purpose: The long-term effects on graft function and vasculopathy with the routine use of alemtuzumab (C-1H) induction therapy and lower intensity maintenance immunosuppression in cardiac…2013 American Transplant Congress
6-Month Universal CMV Prophylaxis and Neutropenia in Kidney Transplant Patients Induced with Alemtuzumab: A Single Center Retrospective Study
Background: Cytomegalovirus remains the leading cause of infectious morbidity in transplant recipients. Universal prophylaxis of kidney transplant patients with oral valganciclovir (valGCV) has reduced the…2013 American Transplant Congress
Does Pre-Transplant TIPS Increase the Risk of Portal Hyper-Perfusion to Liver Grafts?
Introduction:Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) has been commonly used as a bridge to liver transplantation (LT). However, TIPS diminishes collateral veins and may increase the…2013 American Transplant Congress
Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 Deficiency Enhances Regeneration of Marginal Steatotic Livers after Ischemia and Reperfusion Injury
The Dumont-UCLA Transplant Center, Los Angeles, CA
The shortage of donor organs has led to an increased use of suboptimal steatotic livers in transplantation; however, fatty livers present high risks of dysfunction…2013 American Transplant Congress
Early Tubular Injury and Late Graft Dysfunction Associated with Cytomegalovirus Infection in Kidney Transplants
Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil
INTRODUCTION: The indirect effects of CMV infection can be related with IF/TA in renal transplants. The aims of this work are to evaluate the impact…2013 American Transplant Congress
Decreased Parathyroid Klotho Expression Is Associated with Persistent Hyperparathyroidism after Kidney Transplantation
Background. Although successful kidney transplantation usually corrects hyperparathyroidism, the condition will persist in some patients. The present study was designed to determine whether Klotho or…2013 American Transplant Congress
Progression of Pathologic Changes in Kidney Allografts of HLA-Incompatible Transplant Recipients
We studied the development of kidney graft injury over 1-9 years post-transplant follow up (FU) in 218 patients transplanted with an HLA-incompatible kidney between 2000…
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