2013 American Transplant Congress
Increasing the Accuracy of Mycophenolic Acid Exposure Estimation in Heart Transplants Using 3 Predictive Tools
Purpose: Mycophenolic acid (MPA) area under the curve (AUC) has been reported as an important marker of graft outcome. Pharmacokinetic (PK) tools for the MPA…2013 American Transplant Congress
Shared Decision Making in Organ Transplantation
Background: Shared Decision Making (SDM) is a model of patient-provider communication stressing communication and joint participation in healthcare decisions to provide mutually agreed upon treatment.…2013 American Transplant Congress
Modification of Donor Tissue Antigens with Papain To Inhibit Transplant Rejection
Immunobiology Laboratory, Massachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical, Charlestown, MA
PURPOSE: The development of novel drugs to hinder transplant rejection is expensive, time consuming and inevitably exposes the subject to lifelong immunosuppression. In contrast, modifying…2013 American Transplant Congress
Dysfunctional High-Density Lipoprotein as a Novel Cardiovascular Risk Factor after Kidney Transplantation
Renal transplant recipients experience increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality largely unaffected by therapeutic measures such as statins: here we studied molecular composition and functionality of…2013 American Transplant Congress
Arterial Stiffness in Kidney Transplantation: Relationship with Dipper Status on Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring
Nephrology, Bellvitge Hospital, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain
IntroductionCardiovascular complications in dialysis patients tend to decrease after kidney transplant, although they remain high when compared to general population. Dipper status on ambulatory blood…2013 American Transplant Congress
Comparison of QuantiFERON-TB Gold with Tuberculin Skin Test for Detecting Latent Tuberculosis Infection before Kidney Transplantation
Introduction: Screening for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) before kidney transplantation (KT) is indispensable process in kidney transplant recipients (KTRs). The purposes of this study were…2013 American Transplant Congress
Differences between Live and Deceased-Donor Kidney Transplantation in a Centre Performing Protocol Biopsies
Department of Nephrology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
Background: Live kidney transplantation (LK-tx) results in a longer transplant survival and better renal function than non-living transplantation (Non-LK-tx).Methods: We tested the reasons for that…2013 American Transplant Congress
Internet Use among Kidney Transplant Candidates
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago
Background: The Internet is a convenient, immediate, cost-effective, and private way to deliver healthcare information necessary for making informed treatment decisions. Little is known about…2013 American Transplant Congress
Increased Gene Transcripts Related to Immune Activation in Allografts but Not in Peripheral Blood of Patients with Donor-Specific Anti-HLA Antibodies Despite Lack of Histopathologic Findings of Rejection
Montefiore/Einstein Transplant Center, Bronx, NY
Background: Donor specific antibodies (DSA) increase the risk of developing antibody-mediated rejection (AMR). However, some patients with DSA have normal biopsies, questioning the role of…2013 American Transplant Congress
Development and Prospect of Donation after Cardiac Death in China
From March 2010, a pilot program of organ donation in human has been implemented by China Red Cross Society and the Ministry of Health (MOH).…
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