2013 American Transplant Congress
Predicting Survival and Recurrence Following Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: National Analysis of Clinical and Pathologic Staging
Department of Surgery, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH; Research, UNOS, Richmond, VA
IntroductionAnalysis of longer term survival following liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC-LT) has been limited to single center series or registry analyses lacking pathologic detail.MethodsA…2013 American Transplant Congress
Five-Year Outcomes by Donor Type from the Long-Term Extension of the Belatacept BENEFIT-EXT Study
Introduction: Long-term extension (LTE) results of BENEFIT-EXT demonstrated a consistent safety profile and sustained renal function improvement with belatacept vs CsA over time. Here we…2013 American Transplant Congress
Pancreas (Px) Transplantation (Tx) Following Donation after Cardiac Death (DCD): 5 Year Outcomes – Matched Pair Analysis
Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
DCD Px donors are underutilized accounting for <3% of PxTx in the US. We hypothesize that outcomes of Px Tx from DCD are comparable to…2013 American Transplant Congress
Nesiritide Use in Adult Heart Transplant Recipients with Early Acute Kidney Injury: 6 Month Follow-Up
Purpose: Nesiritide (rhBNP), B-type natriuretic peptide is known to reduce endothelin levels, cause afferent arteriole vasodilatation, increase natriuresis & diuresis. We hypothesize that rhBNP infusion…2013 American Transplant Congress
Benefits of a Robotic Donor Nephrectomy Program: A Series of 100 Consecutive Donors
Multi-organ Transplant Institute, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA
Background: The number of robotic operations performed with the da Vinci surgical system has increased over the last decade. Our center adopted robotic donor nephrectomies…2013 American Transplant Congress
Impact of the Revised Lung Allocation Score on Heart-Lung Candidates
Introduction: The lung allocation score (LAS) has been used since 2005 to rank US lung transplant candidates for access to transplant. A revised LAS (LAS-R)…2013 American Transplant Congress
Excellent Outcome Following Transplant Using Kidneys from Deceased Donors with Severe Acute Kidney Injury
Background: Our aim was to determine the outcome of transplanting kidneys from selected donors with severe AKI.Methods: We selected all patients receiving single organ deceased…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…
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