2015 American Transplant Congress
Absence of Low-Grade Proteinuria Is Associated With Improved Outcomes in Patients With Worse 3 Month Graft Function in Renal Transplantation
1Leeds Teaching Hospitals, Leeds, United Kingdom; 2University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh.
Low-grade proteinuria has been shown to be associated with adverse outcomes after renal transplantation. However most patients with proteinuria have worse eGFR and this interaction…2015 American Transplant Congress
Survival Benefit of Simultaneous Liver Kidney (SLK) Transplant in Liver Transplant Candidates With Renal Dysfunction
Survival benefit of SLK over liver transplant alone (LTA) in patients with same level of renal dysfunction and effect of organ quality on mortality are…2015 American Transplant Congress
Expanding the Donor Pool: Comparison of Outcomes in DCD Vs Living Donor Liver Transplantation
Living donors (LD) and donation after-circulatory-death (DCD) grafts represent important opportunities to increase the donor pool. We reviewed the combined experience at Toronto General Hospital…2015 American Transplant Congress
How Long Is Too Long? The Impact of Bridge Donor Waiting Time on Paired Donation Transplants
1University of Toledo Medical Center, Toledo, OH; 2Alliance for Paired Donation, Maumee, OH.
Non-simultaneous Extended Altruistic Donor (NEAD) chains and bridge donors (BD) are increasingly utilized in the field of Kidney Paired Donation (KPD), but remain controversial due…2015 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Hypertension, Chronic Pain, and Fatigue on Long-Term Quality of Life After Living Kidney Donation
The rising prevalence of end-stage renal disease and Germany's chronic organ shortage subsequently calls more people upon to consider living kidney donation. The benefits for…2015 American Transplant Congress
C1q Reactivity and IgG Subtypes After HLA Antibody Removal Therapy With Carfilzomib in Thoracic Transplant Recipients
Univ of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh.
Conventional therapies for antibody removal consisting of plasma exchange with IVIG and Rituximab are partially effective in desensitization protocols and for treatment of antibody mediated…2015 American Transplant Congress
CYP3A4 Polymorphisms Correlate With Time to Achieve Tacrolimus Steady State Concentration in Lung Transplant Patients
Introduction:Tacrolimus is the main component of the immunosuppressive regimen used in patients with solid organ transplants. Tacrolimus requires blood concentration monitoring due a narrow therapeutic…2015 American Transplant Congress
Elevated Pre-Transplant Serum Troponin Is Associated With an Increased Risk of Mortality in Elderly Kidney Transplant Recipients
Introduction:Elderly patients with chronic kidney disease are nowadays more often considered for kidney transplantation although death rate is increased in this population compared to younger…2015 American Transplant Congress
HLA-C, KIR Genotypes and KIR Genotype/HLA –C Ligand Combination in Prediction of Early Acute Rejection After Liver Transplantation
Introduction; Interaction of killer immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIRs) and human leukocyte antigen class-I (HLA-I) regulates NK cytotoxicity and function. NK regulation influences on NK/T cell alloreactivity…2015 American Transplant Congress
Donor Apolipoprotein L1 Genotype Associates With Glomerular Lesions and Graft Loss in Kidney Transplants
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC.
Introduction/Aims: Previous studies have associated donor apolipoproteinL1 (APOL1) risk genotypes with risk of graft loss among kidney transplants. APOL1 risk genotypes have also been associated…
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