Am J Transplant, Volume 5, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 115 of 170 - ATC Abstracts

2015 American Transplant Congress
Historical Comparison of Projected and Observed Liver Transplants
J. Pyke,¹ D. Schladt,¹ W. Kim,⁵ S. Leppke,¹ J. Lake,⁴ S. Gentry,^2,3 D. Segev,² A. Israni,¹ J. Snyder.¹
¹SRTR, Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation, Minneapolis, MN; ²Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; ³Mathematics, US Naval Academy, Baltimore, MD; ⁴Medicine and Surgery, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN; ⁵School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
We aimed to compare liver transplant simulation projections to observed data before and after a major policy update. The current liver simulated allocation model (LSAM…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Donor Hemodynamic Profile Presages Graft Survival in Donation After Cardiac Death Liver Transplantation
M. Ertreo, C. Desai, R. Girlanda, T. Frias, T. Fishbein.
Transplant Institute, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC.
IntroductionDonation after cardiac death (DCD) grafts are prone to periods of prolonged hypoxemia and hypotension prior to donor expiration, leading to an increased complication rate,…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Cost-Effective, Simple PTC Tasting Could Be a Useful Adjunct to Selection Criteria of ARLD Patients
K. Bortecen,¹ D. Freitas,¹ C. Teperman,² M. Hamshow,¹ B. Gelb,¹ G. Morgan,¹ L. Teperman.¹
¹Transplant Surgery, NYU Langone Medical Center, The Mary Lea Johnson Richards Organ Transplant Center, New York, NY; ²Columbia Prep School, New York, NY.
Purpose: Phenylthiocarbamide (PTC) tasting has been linked to alcohol use. The bitter taste for PTC is mediated by TAS2R38 gene. We have previously shown individuals…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Long-Term Outcomes of Spousal Donor Kidney Transplantation According to the Spousal Relationship
J. Kim,¹ K. Jun,¹ M.-H. Kim,¹ S. Ahn,¹ J. Hwang,¹ S. Kim,¹ S. Park,¹ B. Choi,² S. Kim,² C. Yang,² Y. Kim,² I. Moon.¹
¹Surgery, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea; ²Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
We investigated long-term outcomes of spousal donor grafts and factors affecting graft survival in spousal kidney transplantation. Between July 1997 and December 2013, we performed…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Donor Age and Late Rejection Are Associated With the Development of Graft Coronary Artery Vasculopathy in Pediatric Heart Transplant Recipients
W. Zuckerman, M. Richmond, T. Lee, L. Addonizio.
Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY.
Purpose: Graft coronary artery vasculopathy (GCV) is one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality in pediatric heart transplant (HT) recipients, and in fact…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Association of IP-10 With Poor Islet Graft Function After Total Pancreatectomy With Islet Autotransplantation
M. Kanak,¹ M. Lawrence,² F. Kunnathodi,² G. Yoshimatsu,² R. Shahbazov,² M. Takita,² M. Levy,³ B. Naziruddin.³
¹Institute for Biomedical Studies, Baylor University, Waco, Tx; ²Islet Cell Laboratory, Baylor Research Institute, Dallas, TX; ³Baylor Annette C. and Harold C. Simmons Transplant Institute, Dallas, TX.
Introduction: Total pancreatectomy with islet autotransplantation (TPIAT) is an effective treatment for refractory chronic pancreatitis. The mechanisms underlying islet graft loss, however, remain unclear. Interferon…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Longterm Outcome in Pancreas Grafts After Polyomavirus Infection in Combined Kidney-Pancreas Transplants: A Single Center Report
C. Boesmueller,¹ C. Margreiter,¹ M. Rudnicki,² R. Oellinger,³ S. Schneeberger,¹ M. Maglione.¹
¹Transplant Surgery, University Hospital, Innsbruck, Austria; ²Nephrology, University Hospital, Innsbruck, Austria; ³General Surgery, University Charité Virchow Hospital, Berlin, Germany.
Purpose: We retrospectively analyzed the longterm survival and function in pancreas grafts after reduction of immunosuppression due to polyomavirus infection in simultaneous pancreas kidney transplants…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Ligation of the Native Ureter for Treatment of Urinary Fistula in Kidney Transplantation: Is It Safe?
C. Batagello, K. Yamaçake, R. Falci, H. Kanashiro, R. Kato, G. Ebaid, A. Piovesan, W. Nahas.
Division of Urology, Renal Transplantation Unit, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Purpose: Urinary fistula and ureteral stenosis occur respectively in 2-5% and 2-7.5% after kidney transplantation. Within the different causes of stenosis and fistula after kidney…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Systemic and Local NK and Regulatory Cell Phenotypes and mTori-Induced Tumor-Specific Effector T-Cell Responses Are Key Players Favoring the Development of Squamous Cell Skin Carcinoma Among Kidney Transplant Patients
E. Crespo,¹ M. Lucia,¹ L. Fernandez,³ E. Melilli,² S. Luque,¹ R. Lauzurica,³ J. Cruzado,^1,2 J. Torras,^1,2 J. Grinyó,^1,2 O. Bestard.^1,2
¹Nephrology Laboratory, IDIBELL, Barcelona, Spain; ²Nephrology Department and Renal Transplant Unit, Bellvitge University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain; ³Kidney Transplant Unit, Germans Trias i Pujol University Hospital, Badalona, Spain.
Renal transplant patients are at higher risk of developing squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). Immunosuppressive agents promote an imbalance between effector and regulatory tumor-specific immune responses,…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Does Switching Predict Conversion: IgM De Novo Donor Specific HLA Antibodies Class Switch to IgG in Subclinical Antibody Mediated Rejection in Heart Transplant Recipients
M. Askar,¹ R. Rodriguez,¹ L. Klingman,¹ D. Thomas,¹ A. Zhang,¹ H. Morf,² N. Hamon,¹ N. Moazami,¹ E. Hsich,¹ D. Taylor,¹ R. Starling,¹ C. Tan.¹
¹Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland; ²School of Medicine, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany.
Background: Concomitant C4d and C3d detection in heart biopsies correlates with circulating DSA and graft dysfunction. Detection of C4d only in surveillance biopsies is not…