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The Natural History of Kidney Graft Cortical Microcirculation Determined by Real-Time Contrast-Enhanced Sonography (RT-CES)
C. Jiménez,¹ M. López,¹ A. Ros,¹ A. Aguilar,¹ D. Menendez,¹ B. Rivas,¹ M. Santana,¹ R. Madero,² R. Selgas.¹
¹Nephrology, Hospital Univeritario La Paz, Madrid, Spain; ²Biostatistics, Hospital Univeritario La Paz, Madrid, Spain.
Decreasing kidney graft cortical microcirculation has been related to poor prognosis in kidney transplantation. Cortical capillary blood flow (CCBF) can be measured by real-time contrast-enhanced…
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Stability of Kidney Allograft Function Is Improving Over Time Across All Donor Types
J. Gill, J. Dong, C. Rose, J. Gill.
Medicine-Nephrology, University of BC, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Examination of changes in kidney function after transplantation could help identify subgroups of patients who may benefit from a change in clinical management. In the…
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Acute Kidney Injury in Kidney Transplant Patients According to the KDIGO Criteria
T. Filiponi, A. Silva-Filho, E. Tonato, L. Requiao-Moura, A. Matos, E. Arruda, R. Chinen, L. Pires, M. Durão Junior.
Kidney Transplantation, Albert Einstein Hospital, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Purpose.To assess the incidence, risk factors and outcomes associated with acute kidney injury (AKI) in kidney transplant in patients using KDIGO classification. Methods- Retrospective cohort…
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Native Kidney Biopsy Does Not Predict Post Liver Transplant Renal Outcomes
D. Sawinski,¹ A. Ganguli,¹ M. Palmer, R. Bloom,¹ P. Abt.
¹Renal Division, Univ. of Penn, Philadelphia, PA; ²Dept of Pathology, Univ. of Penn, Philadelphia, PA; ³Dept of Surgery, Univ. of Penn, Philadelphia, PA.
Liver transplant (LT) recipients are at high risk of posttransplant renal disease but the extent of renal disease is often unrecognized in the pretransplant setting.…
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Biliary Complication After Living Donor Liver Transplantation According to Biliary Reconstruction Methods
J. Lee,^1,2 J. Lee,^1,2 D. Han,^1,2 J. Lee,³ M. Ju,^1,2 M. Kim,^1,2 G. Choi,^1,2 J. Choi,^1,2 S. Kim,^1,2 D. Joo.^1,2
¹Department of Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; ²The Research Institute for Transplantation, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; ³Department of Surgery, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University, Bundang, Korea.
BackgroundDespite improvement of operative techniques and long term outcomes, biliary complication remains as a severe obstacle in living donor liver transplantation.MethodsMedical records of 245 adult…
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Sharp Declines in Access to Live Donor Kidney Transplantation
A. Massie, I. Olorundare, D. Segev.
Johns Hopkins, Baltimore.
The number of live donor kidney transplants (LDKT) per year declined slightly in recent years, from 5,477 in 2004 to 4,655 in 2012 (15% decline).…
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Ten-Year Follow-Up After Live Kidney Donation – A Prospective Cohort Study
S. Janki,¹ K. Klop,¹ I. Dooper,² W. Weimar,³ J. IJzermans,¹ N. Kok.¹
¹Department of Surgery, Division of HPB and Transplant Surgery, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands; ²Department of Nephrology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands; ³Department of Nephrology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
BACKGROUNDPreviously reported short-term results after live kidney donation, show no negative consequences for the donor. The occurrence of e.g. cardiovascular diseases takes years to emerge,…
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Pre-Existing Coronary Artery Disease in Lung Transplantat Recipients: Does It Impact Outcomes?
S. Khandhar,¹ L. Tefera,² E. Volz,² F. Selzer,³ R. Kormos,² C. Bermudez.²
¹Heart and Vascular Institute at Penn-Presbyterian Medical Center, Perelman School of Medicine at University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; ²Heart and Vascular Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA; ³Orthopaedic and Arthritis Center for Outcomes Research, Brigham and Womens Hospital, Boston, MA.
INTRODUCTION:In patients undergoing lung transplantation (LTx), the impact of pre-existing coronary artery disease (CAD) on long-term outcomes is not well understood. This study examines the…
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Elderly Transplant Recipients Have Improved Graft Survival
S. Reule,¹ R. Foley,¹ A. Matas,² H. Ibrahim.¹
¹Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; ²Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
Background: The upper age limit to receive a kidney transplant has progressively risen, but the outcomes of elderly (ages > 70) transplant recipients remain understudied.…
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BK Virus-Specific Polyfunctional CD8+ T Cells Predicts Successful Control of BK Viremia After Kidney Transplantation
J. Schaenman,¹ Y. Korin,² T. Sidwell,² F. Kandarian,² N. Harre,² P.-T. Pham,³ S. Bunnapradist,³ G. Danovitch,³ J. Veale,⁴ H. Gritsch,⁴ E. Reed.²
¹Medicine/Infectious Diseases, David Geffen School of Medicine (DGSOM) at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA; ²UCLA Immunogenetics Center, DGSOM at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA; ³Medicine/Nephrology, DGSOM at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA; ⁴Urology, DGSOM at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.
Introduction: BK Virus associated nephropathy (BKN) remains an important cause of graft loss after kidney transplantation. We hypothesized that analysis of the anti-BK virus immune…