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  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Acute Kidney Injury and Outcome After Cardiac Transplantation

    G. Fortrie,1 O. Manintveld,2 K. Caliskan,2 M. Betjes.1

    1Internal Medicine, Div. of Nephrology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands; 2Cardiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands.

    Background:Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a frequently seen complication after cardiac transplantation and is partly explained by the prolonged use of calcineurin inhibitors. However, few…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Epidemiology and Outcomes of Pre-Transplant Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Screening in Pediatric Solid Organ Transplant Candidates

    G. Paulsen, S. Blum, L. Danziger-Isakov.

    Dept of Pediatrics/Division of Infectious Diseases, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH.

    Purpose: Infection following pediatric solid organ transplantation (SOT) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality. Peri-operative antibiotic prophylaxis is commonly used to reduce the…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Hypothermic Machine Perfusion Improves the Quality of Marginal Donor Pancreata

    M. Leemkuil,1 M. Engelse,2 R. Ploeg,3 E. de Koning,2 C. Krikke,1 H. Leuvenink.1

    1Surgery, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands; 2Nephrology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands; 3Transplant Biology, Oxford Transplant Center, Oxford, United Kingdom.

    Introduction. Pancreas or islet transplantation is considered the most effective treatment for patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus. Due to the persistent organ shortage, pancreata…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Third Party Mesenchymal Stromal Cell Infusion in Kidney Transplant Recipient: 6-Month Safety Interim Analysis

    L. Weekers,1 P. Erpicum,1 O. Detry,3 C. Lechanteur,2 E. Baudoux,2 F. Jouret,1 Y. Beguin.2

    1Nephrology, University Hospital of Liege, Liege, Belgium; 2Hematology, University Hospital of Liege, Liege, Belgium; 3Abdominal Surgery, University Hospital of Liege, Liege, Belgium.

    Back-groundMesenchymal stromal cell (MSC) have immunomodulating properties and could be used as immunosuppressive agents.We report the 6-month safety results for the 5 first patients treated…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Impacts of Mycophenolate Mofetile Addition to Very Low Exposure Everolimus and Calcineurine Inhibitor Based Immunosuppression in De Novo Kidney Transplantation

    Y. Watarai,1 M. Okada,1 K. Futamura,1 K. Ito,1 T. Yamamoto,1 M. Tsujita,1 T. Hiramitsu,1 N. Goto,1 S. Narumi,1 T. Kobayashi.2

    1Transplant Surgery, Nagoya Daini Red Cross Hospital, Nagoya, Japan; 2Applied Immunity, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan.

    Purpose: Prospective randomized study of MMF addition to everolimus (EVR) based immunosuppression was evaluated in clinical outcomes as well as protocol biopsies findings and donor…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    The Value of Perfusion Fluid Culture Analysis in Deceased Donor Renal Transplants. 5 Years Single Centre Experience

    A. Al Midani, S. Collier, K. Welman, B. Fernando, B. Lindsey, C. Forman, N. Banga.

    Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom.

    Introduction: Microbiological analysis of kidney perfusion/transport solution is not routinely performed in all UK transplant centres. The aim of this study is to assess the…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    MYH9 Polymorphic Variants and Chronic Lesions in Transplanted Kidney Biopsy

    J. Pazik,1 M. Oldak,2 Z. Lewandowski,3 D. Ozieblo,4 K. Michalska,5 A. Perkowska Ptasińska,1 A. Sadowska,1 M. Nowaczyk,5 J. Malejczyk,4 M. Durlik.1

    1Department of Nephrology and Transplantation Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland; 2Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing, Warsaw, Poland; 3Department of Epidemiology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland; 4Department of Histology and Embryology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland; 5Department of Clinical Immunology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.

    MYH9 encoding a non-muscle myosin heavy chain IIA is expressed in podocytes, mesangial, tubular, capillary endothelial cells and vascular wall. Intronic variants of MYH9 associate…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Renal Resistance Measured During Pulsatile Perfusion and Long-Term Kidney Transplant Outcomes

    S. Sandal, R. Sapir-Pichhadze, M. Cantarovich, S. Paraskevas.

    McGill University Health Center, Montreal, QC, Canada.

    Background: Pulsatile perfusion (PP) has been shown to reduce the incidence of delayed graft function (DGF) and increase short- and long-term kidney transplant (KT) survival.…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Artificial Neural Networks in Kidney Allocation in Patients With Dual Organ (Liver-Kidney) Failure

    V. Rao,1 R. Behara.2

    1Transplant Nephrology, Methodist University Hospital Transplant Institute, Memphis, TN; 2Dept of IT & Operations Management, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL.

    Background: Simultaneous liver / kidney transplantation has increased after the adoption of the Model for End-Stage Liver Disease score in 2002 by the United Network…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Effect of Fully Laparoscopic Left Hepatectomy on Donor Interest in Living Donor Liver Transplantation (LDLT)

    A. Yegiants, D. Santamour, T. Mansour, J. Pisa, J. Emond, B. Samstein.

    Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY.

    Purpose: Laparoscopy was extended to liver donation to reduce invasiveness and our center has offered selected patients fully laparoscopic procurement since 8/12. We sought to…
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