2013 American Transplant Congress
Cardiac Surgery in Cirrhotic Patients: Should It Be Done Simultaneously or after Liver Transplantation?
Univ of Miami, Miami; CCF, Cleveland; Guanxi Medical University, Nanning, China
Background: Patients with end stage liver disease may have coexisting cardiac disease which requires surgical correction which is associated with high morbidity and mortality unless…2013 American Transplant Congress
Predictors of Serum Uric Acid and Its Impact on Kidney Structure and Function: A Five Year Prospective Study
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Introduction: Elevated uric acid has been linked to the development of hypertension and also progression of kidney disease. Whether this is true in kidney transplant…2013 American Transplant Congress
Clinical Results of Combined and Sequential Liver-Kidney Transplantation: A Single Center Experience
Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation Unit, Molinette Hospital, Turin, Italy
Since 2002, when the end-stage liver disease model (MELD) score was adopted, the number of combined liver-kidney transplantations increased.Between January 1995 and December 2011 we…2013 American Transplant Congress
Developing a Prognostic Score for Early Prediction of Graft and Patient Survival after Orthotopic Liver Transplantation
Hepatopancreatobiliary and Transplant Surgery, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Purpose:The objective of that study was to develop a novel prognostic score predicting graft and patient survival after orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT).Methods:Prospectively collected data for…2013 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Paired Exchange on Living Donor Kidney Transplantation: A Center Level Analysis, The
Univeristy of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Although the number of living donor paired exchange (LDPE) kidney transplants increased 1000 fold between 2005-10, the total number of living donor kidney transplants (LDTx)…2013 American Transplant Congress
All-Trans Retinoic Acid and Rapamycin Synergize with Transforming Growth Factor-β To Induce Regulatory T Cells but Confer Distinct In Vivo Migratory Capacities
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge
Therapies based on regulatory T cells (Treg) hold great promise for promotion of transplant tolerance. Additionally, recent insights in Treg function have underscored the importance…2013 American Transplant Congress
Endothelial Proliferation Precedes the Development of Endothelial-To-Mesenchymal Transition (EndMT)
Endothelial cell (EC) proliferation is characteristic of cell-mediated immune responses and it occurs early in association with alloimmune targeting of transplants. In human renal allografts,…2013 American Transplant Congress
(Mis)use of Organs: Donation after Cardiac Death Donors Are Not Fulfilling the Mandate, The
Introduction: The discrepancy between organ availability and the demands of a growing waiting list has fuelled the need for ways to increase the organ supply.…2013 American Transplant Congress
Comparison of Health Status and Quality of Life of Related Versus Paid Unrelated Living Kidney Donors: A Single Center Experience from Iran
In Iran, the unrelated living kidney donors (LKDs) are financially reimbursed by the government as well as the transplant recipients, a practice legal in the…2013 American Transplant Congress
Therapeutic Management and Outcome of the Novo Prostate Cancer in Renal Transplant Recipients
IntroductionRenal transplant recipients (RTR) are usually considered at higher risk of malignancy. In recent years, prostate cancer in RTR has been becoming more frequent, probably…
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