2015 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Transplant Outcomes in Patients With Amyloidosis
Objective: Analyze kidney allograft outcomes in patients with kidney failure due to amyloidosis, and compare kidney transplant survival to patients with other causes of kidney…2015 American Transplant Congress
Center-Level Variation of Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Utilization
Liver waitlist registrants with kidney disease may receive simultaneous liver-kidney (SLK) transplant, or liver-only (LT). Patient characteristics associated with SLK, and center-level variation in SLK…2015 American Transplant Congress
Why Patients Are Unwilling to Ask for a Living Donor: A Mixed Methods Study
Multiple studies find that kidney patients are uncomfortable asking potential living donors to donate, but less is known about the specific reasons why not. This…2015 American Transplant Congress
Evolution of Urinary Albumin Excretion in a Large Cohort of Kidney Donors: No Evidence of Progression
We have previously shown that the prevalence of albuminuria in donors is similar to age, gender and ethnicity matched NHANES controls. This cohort of 259…2015 American Transplant Congress
Outcome of Kidney Transplantation Using Right Versus Three Left Renal Arteries After Retroperitoneoscopic Donor Nephrectomy: A Single-Center Experience of 764 Cases
Department of Urology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.
OBJECTIVE:In laparoscopic donor nephrectomy (LDN), technical problems are less common in the right side than in the left side. In addition, several study series have…2015 American Transplant Congress
Long Term Survival After Single Versus Double Lung Transplantation in Patients With Pulmonary Fibrosis in the Modern Era of the Lung Allocation Score
Surgery, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA.
Objectives: To examine long-term survival in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) after the implementation of the lung allocation score (LAS) in single lung transplantation…2015 American Transplant Congress
Frailty and Length of Stay in KT Recipients
BACKGROUND: In KT recipients, length of stay (LOS) is associated with early hospital readmission; yet, predictors of KT LOS are unclear.METHODS: Registry-based predictors of KT…2015 American Transplant Congress
Structural and Functional Basis for Non-HLA Antibody Mediated AT1R Activation
Nephrology and Intensive Care Medicine, Charité University Hospital, Berlin, Germany.
Angiotensin II type receptor (AT1R), a heptahelical protein signals stimuli upon binding of natural peptide ligand angiotensin II (Ang II) and the pathogenic non-HLA IgG…2015 American Transplant Congress
Pharmacogenomic Predictors of Acute Rejection in Kidney Transplant Recipients Identified Using a DNA Biobank Linked to Electronic Medical Records
Purpose: Risk for acute rejection (AR) complicating transplant immunosuppression may be affected by frequent variants in pharmacogenes. Using a DNA biobank linked to electronic medical…2015 American Transplant Congress
The Role of an Intragraft Vascularized Bone Marrow Niche in Establishing Mixed Chimerism and Allograft Acceptance
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.
Background: Vascularized composite allotransplantation has emerged as a viable treatment option for patients with devastating tissue loss not amenable to traditional reconstructive techniques. Different from…
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