2015 American Transplant Congress
Intraoperative Renal Replacement Therapy During Liver and Liver-Kidney Transplant: Outcomes of 155 Cases
1Transplantation, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL; 2Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL.
Background: Renal dysfunction in liver (LT) and liver-kidney (LKT) transplant candidates increases intraoperative risks of electrolyte disturbances and volume excess complications. The role of intraoperative…2015 American Transplant Congress
Technical Aspects of Reconstruction of Middle Hepatic Vein and Multiple Inferior Right Hepatic Veins Using Dual Artificial Vascular Grafts in Right Lobe Living Donor Liver Transplantation: “V-Plasty” Technique for Common Outflow Reconstruction Vs Second IVC Anastomosis
Organ Transplantation Center, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
Background:Presence of multiple inferior right hepatic veins (IRHV) along with undrained median sector pose technical difficulties in right lobe living donor liver transplantation (LDLT). Several…2015 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Paired Donation: National Activity and Perspectives
While utilization of Kidney Paired Donation (KPD) continues to increase, the potential is not fully realized. We surveyed kidney transplant (KTX) professionals to evaluate perceptions…2015 American Transplant Congress
Renal Mass as a Determinant Factor of Long-Term Post-Donation Anemia
Living kidney donors lose approximately 50% of renal mass when donating a kidney however, renal function recovers to within 60-70% of baseline within weeks to…2015 American Transplant Congress
Lung Transplant Patients With Elevated Baseline Pulmonary Arterial Pressures Are More Likely to Recover from Post-Transplant Acute Kidney Injury
Purpose: Elevated pre-operative pulmonary arterial pressures predict acute kidney injury (AKI) after lung transplant. It is unknown if the elevated pulmonary pressures predict recovery from…2015 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Donor and Recipient Weight Incompatibility on Outcomes in Renal Transplantation
Background: Kidney transplantation has been proposed as an accelerated model of nephron reduction resulting from the accumulation of repeated insults, both immunologic and non-immunologic events.…2015 American Transplant Congress
Incidence and Risk Factors of Contrast-Induced Nephropathy in Renal Allograft Recipients
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati.
Background: Contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) is associated with a significant increase in mortality and morbidity in patients with native kidneys. Data regarding CIN in renal allografts…2015 American Transplant Congress
Interrogation of Plasma Cell-Rich Acute Rejection in Human Kidney Allografts by Whole Transcriptome Sequencing
Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York.
Plasma cell-rich acute rejection (PCRAR, plasma cells constituting >20% of the allograft infiltrating cells) portends poor prognosis.To gain better mechanistic insights and develop diagnostic biomarkers,…2015 American Transplant Congress
First Dose Tacrolimus Level Is Better Than CYP3A5 Genotyping in Prediction of Target Tacrolimus Dose
Background: Tacrolimus dose highly varies among Asian kidney transplant recipients. This can be explained by variety of CYP3A5 expression. CYP3A5 genotyping is highly recommended for…2015 American Transplant Congress
Liver Fabrication Using Whole Organ Scaffold for Transplantable Graft in Large Animal
Background and aims: Orthotopic liver transplantation is only effective treatment for end-stage liver disease, however it is limited by shortage of donor livers. Therefore, novel…
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