Am J Transplant, Volume 5, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 157 of 170 - ATC Abstracts

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Come Again? Part 2, Exploring Causes for Increased Rehospitalization in ECD Kidney Recipients
C. Dunn, M. Hung, S. Greenstein.
Surgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY.
Previously, we demonstrated that ECD kidney recipients had an increased rate of re-hospitalization within 1 year but not 2 years post-transplant . This was a…
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Come Again? A Retrospective Cohort Study of Rehospitalization Following Expanded Criteria Donor Renal Transplantation
M. Hung,¹ C. Dunn,¹ A. Holtzman,¹ E. Bellin,² S. Greenstein.²
¹Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY; ²Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY.
Though ECD kidneys are commonly used, they have an increased risk of graft failure, which is associated with rehospitalizations within thirty days post-transplant. Our aim…
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Infectious Complications With Plasmapheresis in Combination With Antithymocyte Globulin Compared to Antithymocyte Globulin Alone in the Treatment of Acute Rejection
A. Leino, A. Hulbert, A. Delahunty, A. Rajab, J. Von Visger, H. Winters.
The Comprehensive Transplant Center, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH.
Background: Due to the complex nature of acute rejection (AR), multiple therapeutic modalities are necessary to prevent graft loss. The combination of prolonged cell depletion…
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Interference of Therapeutic Antibodies Used in Desensitization Protocols On Lymphocytotoxicity Crossmatch Results
D. Milongo,^1,3 G. Vieu,^2,4,3 S. Blavy,^2,4 A. Del Bello,^1,3 F. Sallusto,⁵ L. Rostaing,^1,3 N. Kamar,^1,3 N. Congy-Jolivet.^2,4,3
¹Department of Nephrology and Organ Transplantation, CHU Rangueil, Toulouse, France; ²Laboratoire d'Immunologie, CHU de Toulouse, Toulouse, France; ³Université Toulouse III Paul-Sabatier, Toulouse, France; ⁴Laboratoire d'Immunogénétique Moléculaire, EA 3034, Université Toulouse III Paul-Sabatier, Toulouse, France; ⁵Department of Urology, CHU Rangueil, Toulouse, France.
Background: Therapeutic antibodies used to desensitize patients awaiting a human leukocyte antigen (HLA) or ABO-mismatched graft are suspected to interfere with the lymphocytotoxicity crossmatch (LCT-XM)…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…