2013 American Transplant Congress
Outcome of Aristolochic Acid Nephropathy after Renal Transplantation
Background: In the early 1990s, intake of slimming pills containing Aristolochic Acids (AA) led to a rapidly progressive kidney failure secondary to an interstitial renal…2013 American Transplant Congress
Prevalence of Venous Thromboembolism Post-Kidney Transplant: A Single Center Experience
University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is one of the most preventable causes of hospital mortality. Per the CHEST guidelines, a 6% VTE prevalence is considered high risk…2013 American Transplant Congress
125 Cases of Duodenoduodenostomy in Pancreas Transplantation: A Single-Center Experience of an Alternative Enteric Drainage
Department of Surgery, Ruhr-University-Bochum, Bochum, Northrhine-Westfalia, Germany
Backround: Different technical procedures have been developed successfully to perform pancreas transplantation (PT) with regard to exocrine drainage. Retroperitoneal graft placement behind the right colon…2013 American Transplant Congress
Human Anti-Pig Xenogeneic T-Cell Response in the Absence of HD Antigen
Surgery, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
Organ supply remains the primary barrier to liver transplantation. Xenotransplantation provides a potential source to meet this shortage. HD antigen is a known xenoantigen to…2013 American Transplant Congress
Pharmacokinetics of Everolimus in Combination with Mycophenolate Sodium and Its Clinical Outcomes in Renal Trasplant Recipients Previously Treated with Calcineurin Inhibitors
Nephrology Division, Hospital do Rim e Hipetensão, São Paulo, Brazil
This prospective study evaluated 24 renal transplant patients who were stable under an immunosuppressive regimen consisting of cyclosporine, corticosteroids, and mycophenolate, but in need of…2013 American Transplant Congress
Racial Disparities in GRAFT SURVIVAL in the Elderly KIDNEY Transplant Patients
Over the past decade, the amount of elderly patients living with CKD and on dialysis has increased in part due to the survival benefit of…2013 American Transplant Congress
Endothelial Cell Reactive Antibodies: Antigenic Targets and Mechanism of Action
The initial contact point between a recipient’s immune system and a transplanted graft is the vascular endothelium. Our goal is to identify the antigenic targets…2013 American Transplant Congress
Histopathologic Predictors of Kidney Allograft Outcome in Patients with Transplant Glomerulopathy
Background: Transplant glomerulopathy (TG) has emerged as an important cause of kidney allograft loss. The prognosis of TG is overall poor but progression is variable…2013 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Transplant Guardian Angels on the Patient Experience, The
Starzl Transplantation Institute, UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA
Background: A tertiary care facility can be overwhelming to patients and their families when they are called in for transplant. The off-hours nature and lack…2013 American Transplant Congress
Detecting BK Virus in the Graft Identifies Positive BK Viremia Patients at High Risk of Developing BKVAN
BK virus-associated nephropathy (BKVAN) is the leading cause of infection-related graft loss in renal transplantation. The lack of sensitivity of transplant biopsy in the diagnosis…
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