2013 American Transplant Congress
Immunologic Outcomes in Clinical Face Transplantation with Large Volume Vascularized Bone Marrow Component
University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore
Preclinical data generated in our non-human primate (NHP) model of face vascularized composite allografts (VCA) demonstrated immunosuppressive benefit of vascularized bone marrow (VBM) as a…2013 American Transplant Congress
Hepatitis C Virus Induced Changes in miRNA-449a Modulates the Expression of the Inflammatory Biomarker CCL2 through IL6 Receptor
Washington University School Medicine, St. Louis, MO
Background: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and the resulting liver diseases are a major health problem both in the United States and worldwide. The natural…2013 American Transplant Congress
Accept/Decline Decisions for Deceased Donor Liver Allografts
Simulated allocation models (SAMs) are computer programs used by OPTN/UNOS to evaluate the impact of new allocation policies on distribution of organs and on wait-list…2013 American Transplant Congress
Assessment of the Time to Therapeutic Tacrolimus Levels and the Incidence of Rejection in Heart Transplant Patients
St.Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Houston, TX; Texas Heart Institute, Houston, TX
Purpose: To assess the relationship between the time to achieve consecutive therapeutic tacrolimus levels and the incidence of rejection to optimize tacrolimus dosing in cardiac…2013 American Transplant Congress
Elevated Tacrolimus Trough Concentrations Significantly Increase the Risk of New Onset Diabetes after Liver Transplantation
Transplant Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
Background: Tacrolimus (FK) is the most common CNI used following liver transplantation (LTx). FK is highly effective at preventing rejection, but is associated with numerous…2013 American Transplant Congress
Thymoglobulin Is Safe and Effective as Induction Therapy for Early Steroid Withdrawal in Pediatric Renal Transplantation
Surgery, NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY
Introduction:Early steroid withdrawal (SW) for maintenance immunosuppression has been gaining acceptance in pediatric kidney transplant recipients. Despite its use in adult renal transplants, data on…2013 American Transplant Congress
Liver Transplant (OLT) Length of Stay (LOS) 2000-2010: An Analysis of the UNOS/OPTN Database
General Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Aim: To define regional patterns in post OLT LOS.Methods: Using the UNOS database (06/2011) we reviewed data on 65,891 OLT recipients, 01/2000-12/2010. Patients excluded (n=11,784)…2013 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Transplant Outcomes by Living Donor (LD) Relationship
From 2007 to 2011, the proportion of LDs from paired kidney donor (PKD) programs tripled (3.5%-10.8%) and from non-directed donors (NDD) doubled (1.3%-2.6%). As these…2013 American Transplant Congress
Status 1A Utilization for Heart Transplant Candidates with Ventricular Assist Devices (VADs)
Background: OPTN policy 3.7.3(a)(i) allows heart transplant candidates with ventricular assist devices (VAD) to be listed as Status 1A for 30 days at any time…2013 American Transplant Congress
Surgical Complication Rates in Patients Receiving Kidney Transplants in England: Analysis by Transplant Centre Using Linked Registry and Hospitalisation Data
Introduction: Previous UK studies have found similar centre-specific graft and patient survival following first transplantation, however other measures of surgical performance have not previously been…
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