ATC Abstracts

American Transplant Congress abstracts

  • Home
  • Meetings Archive
    • 2022 American Transplant Congress
    • 2021 American Transplant Congress
    • 2020 American Transplant Congress
    • 2019 American Transplant Congress
    • 2018 American Transplant Congress
    • 2017 American Transplant Congress
    • 2016 American Transplant Congress
    • 2015 American Transplant Congress
    • 2013 American Transplant Congress
  • Keyword Index
  • Resources
    • 2021 Resources
    • 2016 Resources
      • 2016 Welcome Letter
      • ATC 2016 Program Planning Committees
      • ASTS Council 2015-2016
      • AST Board of Directors 2015-2016
    • 2015 Resources
      • 2015 Welcome Letter
      • ATC 2015 Program Planning Committees
      • ASTS Council 2014-2015
      • AST Board of Directors 2014-2015
      • 2015 Conference Schedule
  • Search
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    The Effect of Influenza Vaccination on Hospital Admission in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients

    J. Rago, M. Hurtik, S. Todd, A. Mehta, G. Lyon III.

    Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA.

    Purpose: The current study has two objectives. First, compare clinical outcomes between solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients who receive influenza vaccination and those who do…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Disparities in Death and Delisting on the Waitlist for Renal Transplant in the United States

    D. Keith, A. Nishio Lucar, G. Vranic.

    Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.

    Waiting time to kidney transplant varies dramatically among organ procurement organizations (OPOs) in the US. We sought to evaluate the association between death and delisting…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Correlation of Serum Creatinine-Based Equations With Radionuclide GFR in Candidates for Liver Transplantation

    A. Alqallaf, A. Alam, P. Ghali, M. Cantarovich.

    McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada.

    Background: Renal dysfunction is common prior to liver transplantation (LTx); however, the best way to determine the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) pre-LTx is unclear. Our…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Antibody-Mediated Rejection of Renal Allografts by CCR5-/- Mice Does Not Require CD8 T Cells

    N. Kohei,1 T. Tanaka,1 H. Tsuda,1 N. Dvorina,1 K. Tanabe,2 W. Baldwin,1 R. Fairchild.1

    1Immunology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH; 2Urology, Kidney Center, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.

    Antibody-mediated acute and chronic graft injury remains a major cause of renal allograft loss. Mechanisms underlying these injuries remain unclear due in part to the…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    De Novo DSA Would Not Necessarily Cause Graft Rejection After Renal Transplantation: Characteristics of DSA Developing Biopsy-Proven Chronic Antibody-Mediated Rejection

    T. Yamamoto, Y. Watarai, A. Takeda, M. Okada, M. Tsujita, H. Takahisa, N. Goto, S. Narumi, T. Kobayashi.

    Kidney Center, Nagoya Daini Red Cross Hospital, Nagoya, Japan.

    Introduction:De novo donor-specific HLA antibodies (dn DSA) production after renal transplantation has been reported to be associated with chronic antibody mediated rejection (CAMR), which leads…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Post-Liver Transplant Delirium Is Associated With Increased Mortality and Prolonged Length of Stay

    N. Oliver,1 S. Anders,1 A. Freeman,1 K. Fine,1 A. Cohen,1,2 G. Loss,1,2 H. Bohorquez.1,2

    1Ochsner Health System, New Orleans, LA; 2School of Medicine, The Queensland University, New Orleans, LA.

    Delirium after liver transplantation (LT) has been reported to increase ICU and hospital length of stay, but limited information is available regarding the incidence, potential…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Post Transplant De Novo Donor Specific Antibodies Correlate With the Development of Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome Following Pediatric Lung Transplantation

    E. Melicoff, J. Maddox, M. Ebenbichler, J. Heinle, D. McKenzie, P. Jindra, G. Mallory, R. Kerman.

    Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX; Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.

    HLA donor specific antibodies (DSA) have been associated with poor allograft survival following adult solid organ transplantation (Tx). However, there is little evidence implicating post-Tx…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Leukocyte Associated Immunoglobulin-Like Receptor 1 inhibits Th1 But Enhances Th17 Responses

    V. Agashe,1 M. Keller,2 L. Haynes,1 E. Jankowska-Gan,1 J. Sullivan,1 J. Kernien,1 H. Suzuki,3 D. Wilkes,4 W. Burlingham.1

    1Surgery, UW Madison, Madison, WI; 2Tulane University, New Orleans, LA; 3Chiba Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan; 4Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN.

    Background: Leukocyte Associated Immunoglobulin-like Receptor 1 (LAIR1), is a transmembrane receptor expressed by immune cells. It recognizes collagen repeats via its extracellular domain and has…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Deceased Donor and Class II Donor Specific Antibody Predict Interface Activity While Increased Age at Time of Biopsy Predicts Fibrosis in Long-Term Pediatric Liver Allografts With Normal Liver Tests: iWITH Clinical Trial

    S. Feng,1 J. Bucuvalas,2 A. Demetris,3 K. Spain,4 G. Mazariegos,3 B. Burrell,5 iWITH Investigators.6

    1UCSF, SF; 2U Cincinnati, Cincinnati; 3U Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh; 4Rho, Chapel Hill; 5ITN, Bethesda; 6NIAID/NIDDK/ITN, Bethesda.

    Background: Although multiple single centers have reported deterioration of pediatric liver grafts in the face of normal liver tests, neither risk nor mechanism is understood.Methods:…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Deep Surgical Site Infections (dSSI) After Liver Transplantation (LTx): Emergence of Multiple-Drug Resistant (MDR) Pathogens

    J. Viehman,1 L. Clarke,1 R. Shields,2 C. Clancy,2,3 M. Nguyen.1,2

    1University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA; 2University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; 3VA Pittsburgh Health System, Pittsburgh, PA.

    Purpose: We described the epidemiology, microbiology and outcomes of dSSI after LTx.Methods: We performed a single center retrospective study of 332 consecutive patients undergoing LTX…
  • « Previous Page
  • 1
  • …
  • 116
  • 117
  • 118
  • 119
  • 120
  • …
  • 170
  • Next Page »

Visit Our Partner Sites

American Transplant Congress (ATC)

Visit the official site for the American Transplant Congress »

American Journal of Transplantation

The official publication for the American Society of Transplantation (AST) and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS) »

American Society of Transplantation (AST)

An organization of more than 3000 professionals dedicated to advancing the field of transplantation. »

American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS)

The society represents approximately 1,800 professionals dedicated to excellence in transplantation surgery. »

Copyright © 2013-2025 by American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons. All rights reserved.

Privacy Policy | Terms of Use | Cookie Preferences