2015 American Transplant Congress
Age, Race and Socioeconomic Factors Have a Strong Influence on Candidates Finding a Living Donor Kidney
Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.
Living donation is decreasing in the US even as the number of candidates listed for renal transplant continues to rise. We sought to evaluate the…2015 American Transplant Congress
Rituximab With Intravenous Immune Globulin in Sensitized Patients Awaiting Heart Transplant: Does It Work?
Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, Los Angeles, CA.
Purpose: Highly sensitized heart transplant (HTx) recipients with donor specific antibodies (DSA) are at increased risk of rejection and death. Rituximab with Intravenous Immune Globulin…2015 American Transplant Congress
Management of Pancreas Graft Splenic Vein Thrombosis: Is Conservative Management Safe?
Background: Prophylaxis for graft portal/splenic venous thrombosis following pancreas transplant varies between institutions. Similarly, treatment of venous thrombosis ranges from early re-exploration to conservative management…2015 American Transplant Congress
Simultaneous Cadaveric Pancreas, Living-Donor Kidney Transplantation: Single Center Experience
Surgery and Organ Transplant Center, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
BackgroundSimultaneous cadaveric pancreas and living-donor kidney transplantation(SPLK) is an attractive approach for uremic Type I diabetic patients, due to its distinct advantages from living kidney…2015 American Transplant Congress
Assessment of Eating Disorders in Altruistic Organ Donor Candidates: Pitfalls, Red Flags and Practical Suggestions
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell, New York, NY.
The preoperative psychosocial evaluation of potential altruistic organ donors is a means of exploring a patient's motivations for donation as well as identifying any obstacles…2015 American Transplant Congress
CMV-Specific CD154+T-Cells and CMV Disease Status After Liver Or Intestine Transplantation (LTx, ITx)
Background: Preliminary data suggest that measuring host cellular immunity using CMV-specific IFNg+T-cells can potentially enhance decision making about discontinuation of antiviral therapy and secondary prophylaxis…2015 American Transplant Congress
Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion: Revisit to the Optimal Oxygenation Circulating Lungs for Graft Preservation
Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA.
AimAccumulating evidence supports increasing the role of ex vivo lung perfusion (EVLP). However, there are evidenced limitations as well as the adverse effects of current…2015 American Transplant Congress
Precision Diagnosis in Kidney Transplantation
Dept of Medicine, Univ of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL.
ObjectiveA major objective in clinical practice, including transplantation, is to develop more focused and “personalized” approaches for both diagnosis and treatment. There have been several…2015 American Transplant Congress
Decreased Expression of Mitochondrial Aldehyde Dehydrogenase 2 Induces Liver Injury Via Activation of the MAPK Pathway in Grafts from Brain-Dead Donors
Objective: To determine the role of ALDH2 in the injury of liver from brain-dead donors.Methods: Using brain-dead rabbit model, the expression of ALDH2 and apoptosis…2015 American Transplant Congress
Transient Lymphopenia Breaks Costimulatory Blockade-Based Transplant Tolerance and Initiates Allograft Rejection
【Background and Objective】: Lymphopenia is induced by lymphoablative therapies and chronic viral infections. Lymphopenia is observed in some pathological and physiological processes, including chronic viral…
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