2015 American Transplant Congress
Octogenarian Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Single Center Experience
University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD.
Background: Elderly patients are the fastest growing population requiring kidney transplantation internationally. Previous studies have shown a survival benefit for kidney transplantation when compared to…2015 American Transplant Congress
Induction With an Interleukin-2 Receptor Antagonist in Sensitized Adult Kidney Transplant Recipients Is Highly Effective and Safe
Background: The effectiveness and safety of induction with basiliximab (IL2RA) in sensitized kidney transplant recipients is not clearly established. The aim of this study was…2015 American Transplant Congress
Negative Exercise Myocardial Perfusion Scintigraphy Discards Silent Coronary Artery Disease in High Cardiovascular Risk Patients Awaiting for Kidney Transplantation
Study Purpose:Screening for silent coronary artery disease (SCAD) in patients awaiting kidney transplantation is still controversial. Indeed, guidelines of some scientific societies show important discrepancies.…2015 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Proton Pomp Inhibitors on Hypomagnesemia and Arterial Stiffness in Renal Transplant Recipients
Purpose: Hypomagnesemia predicts cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in the general population and accelerated loss of kidney function in renal transplant recipients (RTRs). Proton pomp inhibitors…2015 American Transplant Congress
The Effect of Preformed and De Novo Donor-Specific Antibodies (DSA) in Acute Rejection (AR) After Liver Transplantation (LTX)
BACKGROUND: The role of preformed and den novo formed DSA in LTX is not fully revealed. The aim of our study was to determine if…2015 American Transplant Congress
Graft-Versus-Host Disease After Orthotopic Liver Transplantation: Multivariate Analysis of Risk Factors
Introduction:Acute graft versus host disease (GVHD) is a rare fatal complication following orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). It involves activation of donor T lymphocytes by antigen…2015 American Transplant Congress
Effect of 2007 CMS Conditions of Participation on High Risk Renal Transplantation: A Study of the United States Renal Data System
Division of Transplantation, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY.
BACKGROUND: On June 28, 2007, CMS introduced new Conditions of Participation (CoP) for Transplant Centers- the impact of these regulations on adult patients at high…2015 American Transplant Congress
Aging Enhances Immunosuppressives Capacities of Tacrolimus By Functional Changes of CD4+ T-Cells
Immunosenescence has broad consequences on alloimmunity and immunosuppression in the elderly may require age-adaptation. Here, we investigated the influence of aging on the effectivity of…2015 American Transplant Congress
Impact of HMOX1 Genetic Variation in Pancreas Transplant Recipients On Long-Term Graft Outcome
Variation within the heme oxygenase 1 (HMOX1) gene, essential for heme catabolism and a known inflammatory and immune regulator, is proposed to play a role…2015 American Transplant Congress
Treatment of Hypertrophic Osteoarthropathy in an Intestinal Transplant Patient After Acute Cellular Rejection
Department of Pharmaceutical and Nutrition Care, Nebraska Medicine, Omaha, NE.
Background:Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy involves abnormal proliferation of bone at distal extremities. It involves clubbing, periostitis of tubular bones and synovial effusions. Some causes of secondary hypertrophic…
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