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Effect of Prophylaxis Duration on the Incidence of CMV Viremia and Hospitalization Rates in D+/R- Kidney Transplant Recipients
Purpose: In high-risk CMV kidney transplant recipients, the optimal duration of prophylaxis is unclear. We assessed the rates of CMV viremia and related hospitalization in…2013 American Transplant Congress
Priority Pass to Death – Prioritization of Liver Transplant for HCC Worsens Survival, A
Center for Liver Disease And Transplantation, Columbia University Medical Centre, New York, NY
Background – The current UNOS allocation system gives priority to patients with HCC to receive livers. This can potentially cause significant regional disparities in organ…2013 American Transplant Congress
ES Cell-Derived Hematopoietic Progenitor Cells Downregulate Alloreactive T Cells Using Arginase 1
Internal Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; VA Medical Center, Iowa City, IA
We and others have previously reported that ES cell-derived hematopoietic progenitor cells (ESC-HPCs) induce transplantation tolerance. However the mechanisms by which this process occurs have…2013 American Transplant Congress
C4d as a Good Marker of Acute Humoral Rejection in Small Bowel Transplantation
Background. Diagnosis criteria for acute humoral rejection are well established in kidney and heart transplantation, while no consensus exists for small bowel (SB) transplantation rejection.Methods.…2013 American Transplant Congress
Decreased Hypertension in Pediatric Transplant Patients Having Undergone Native Nephrectomies
Surgery, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
Background: Native nephrectomy prior to kidney transplantation is performed on pediatric patients for congenital anomalies, proteinuria, intractable hypertension, malignancy and chronic infection. The impact of…2013 American Transplant Congress
Systems Analysis of Innate Activation Reveals IL-1 Family Members as Key Modulators of Alloreactive T Cells Susceptibility to Regulation and Novel Targets for Therapeutic Intervention
Rational regulation of alloreactive T cells (alloT) responses is the ideal goal of tolerance promoting therapies. However, our understanding of the factors and mechanisms that…2013 American Transplant Congress
Aggregate Impacts of the CMS CoP on Patient and Donor Characteristics
Economics, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA; Emory Transplant Center, Emory, Atlanta, GA
Background: SRTR program reports provide detailed information on transplant center performance relative to risk-adjusted expected values. These measures are utilized by the Centers for Medicare…2013 American Transplant Congress
Risk Factors for Acute Rejection in Heart Transplanted Recipients
Department of Medicine, Devision of Nephrology, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
Purpose: Heart transplantation is the standard treatment for patients with end-stage heart disease. In this study we tried to determine factors associated with rejection in…2013 American Transplant Congress
Marked Increase in Pre-Existing Morbidity among Living Kidney Donors in the United States
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland; Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston
IntroductionResearch suggests long-term health of living kidney donors is comparable to the general population. However, there are limited comprehensive studies of morbidity among this population…2013 American Transplant Congress
Late Versus Early Biliary Complications after Liver Transplantation
Baylor Annette C. and Harold C. Simmons Transplant Institute, Dallas
IntroductionBiliary complications (BC) cause major morbidity and mortality after liver transplantation (LT). Literature is replete with articles on early BC (less than 1 year post…
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