2013 American Transplant Congress
Short Oxygenated Warm Perfusion Prior to Cold Preservation Improves Graft Survival in Rat Liver Transplantation from Non-Heart-Beating Donors
PURPOSE: We have previously reported that short oxygenated warm perfusion prior to cold preservation (SOWP) prevents warm ischemia-reperfusion injury in ex-vivo perfusion experiments using rat…2013 American Transplant Congress
Once-Daily Extended-Release Formulation of Tacrolimus Does Not Require Double Dose of Twice-Daily Formulation of Tacrolimus in Kidney Transplantation
Kidney Transplant and Urologic Surgery, Sapporo City General Hospital, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
INTRODUCTION: Once-daily extended-release formulation of tacrolimus (QD-TAC) is expected to provide equal effects to the twice-daily formulation of tacrolimus (BID-TAC) with better drug adherence. According…2013 American Transplant Congress
What Is the Implication of Pre-Donation Weight Loss to the Post-Donation Weight and Outcome of Living Donors
Cardiff Transplant Unit, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, United Kingdom
Background: Living donors represent a third of kidney transplants performed in UK. A large proportion of potential donors are overweight but a number of those…2013 American Transplant Congress
Arteriosclerosis in Histological Evaluations Using Zero-Time Biopsy Is a Risk Factor for Tacrolimus-Induced Nephrotoxicity
Introduction: Zero-time renal allograft biopsies provide important information as the initial state of allograft histological findings. To the best of our knowledge, no studies have…2013 American Transplant Congress
Low Level Pre-Transplant DSAs Are Frequent but Are Not Associated with a Rejection Diagnosis in Pancreas Transplant Biopsies
Cardiff Transplant Unit, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, United Kingdom
Pancreas Biopsy allows accurate diagnosis of rejection of the pancreas transplant. Our group has shown previously that pancreas biopsy is safe, has a high diagnostic…2013 American Transplant Congress
Nation-Wide Survey of Living Donor Liver Transplantation for Alcoholic Liver Cirrhosis in Japan, A
Alcoholic liver cirrhosis (ALC) is one of established indications for liver transplantation (LT). Six month rule is the most popular selection criteria and High-Risk Alcohol…2013 American Transplant Congress
Endourological Management of Urolithiasis in Living Donor Transplant Kidneys
Urolithiasis in donor kidneys is a relatively uncommon clinical entity. Recently, The use of screening computerized tomography has resulted in the increased detection of incidental…2013 American Transplant Congress
Size Does Matter: A Comparison of CT-Measured Donor Kidney Cortex Volume to Radioisotopic GFR Measurement in Living Kidney Donation
Living kidney donation (LKD) needs a careful evaluation of the kidney function of the donor. There are diverging evaluation methods in use. The purpose of…2013 American Transplant Congress
Germinal Centre Responses Drive Epitope Diversification in an Autoantibody-Mediated Model of Heart Allograft Vasculopathy
Surgery, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
IntroductionAutoantibody following organ transplantation is increasingly correlated with poor graft outcome.We have reported recently that in a MHC class II mismatched mouse heart transplant model,graft-versus-host…2013 American Transplant Congress
Boceprevir-Based Tritherapy of HCV-Infected Belgian Liver Transplanted Patients: Preliminary Experience
Background: Management of recurrent hepatitis C infection remains a major challenge after liver transplantation. Protease-inhibitor based regimens improve virological response in non-transplanted HCV genotype 1…
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