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Experimental Study Using Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasonography to Evaluate Rat Chronic Allograft Nephropathy Model and the Relationship Between Hemodynamic Parameters and Renal Allograft Fibrosis
Q. Zhang,¹ Z. Yu,² Y. Xu,¹ S. Zeng,¹ W. Xue,¹ X. Hu.¹
¹Urology Department, Beijing ChaoYang Hospital Capital Medical University, Beijing, China; ²Ultrasound Department, Beijing ChaoYang Hospital Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Objectives:To quantitatively analyze the changes of hemodynamic characteristics in renal allograft at different stages of a rat chronic allograft nephropathy [CAN]model and the relationship between…
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MHC-Class-II Specific Sensitization in a Non-Human Primate Model of Sensitzation
C. Burghuber,^1,2 J. Kwun,¹ A. Gibby,¹ N. Iwakoshi,¹ S. Knechtle.¹
¹Emory University, Atlanta, GA; ²Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
[Background] Sensitization before transplantation and de novo alloantibodies affect a significant number of patients awaiting kidney transplantation. The type of anti-HLA antibody varies with subgroups…
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The Penalty Faced By Native Americans in Kidney Transplantation: Decreased Access and Reduced Long-Term Survival
S. Stith,¹ F. Barrantes,² K. Piorkowski.¹
¹Department of Economics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM; ²Renal Medicine Associates/Presbyterian Transplant Center, Albuquerque, NM.
Background: Diabetes and ESRD disproportionately affect NAs (Native Americans), yet waitlisted NAs have lower rates of kidney transplantation than other racial/ethnic groups and worse longer…
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Dual Kidney Transplantation – Utilising Marginal Kidneys
T. Rana, E. Ablorsu.
Cardiff Transplant Unit, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, United Kingdom.
Background: With the increasing shortage of donor kidneys a constant review of organ quality and utilisation is required. Getting any positive result from a potential…
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Survival Outcomes of Kidney Transplant Recipients from Expanded Criteria Donors: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
A.-H. Querard,^1,2,3 F. Gillaizeau,^1,3 Y. Foucher,^1,3 E. Dantan,³ D. Larmet,¹ M. Lorent,³ L.-M. Pouteau,¹ C. Combescure,⁴ M. Giral.^1,3,5
¹Institute for Transplantation, Urology and Nephrology, CHU Nantes, Inserm U1064, Nantes University, Nantes, France; ²Centre Hospitalier Départemental de Vendée, La Roche sur Yon, France; ³EA 4275 SPHERE-bioStatistics, Pharmacoepidemiology and Human sciEnces REsearch, Nantes University, Nantes, France; ⁴CRC & Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Health and Community Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland; ⁵LabExTransplantex Nantes, Centre d'Investigation Clinique Biothérapie, Nantes, France.
Background: In 2002, UNOS proposed the use of Expanded Criteria Donors (ECD=brain dead donor > 60 years, or 50-59 years with two criteria: CVA as…
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Belatacept Treatment Through Home Infusion as a Safe and Reasonable Alternative to Intitution-Based Treatment: A Retrospective Analysis of Medical Records
T. Kou,¹ A. Deshmukh,¹ J. Preston,¹ A. Gomez,¹ S. Rafanelli,² K. Calderon.¹
¹Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Princeton, NJ; ²BiologicTx, Totowa, NJ.
Purpose: Belatacept is a selective T-cell costimulation blocker indicated for prophylaxis of organ rejection in adult patients receiving a kidney transplant in combination with basiliximab…
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Efficacy of Rituximab Sparing Protocol for ABO Incompatible Renal Transplant in Patients With Low Titers
S. Narumi,¹ Y. Watarai,¹ N. Goto,¹ T. Hiramitsu,¹ T. Yamamoto,¹ M. Tsujita,¹ M. Okada,¹ K. Futamura,¹ A. Takeda,² T. Kobayashi.³
¹Transplant Surgery, Nagoya Daini Red Cross Hospital, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan; ²Nephrology, Nagoya Daini Red Cross Hospital, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan; ³Applied Immunology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan.
[Introduction]Acute antibody mediated rejection (AMR) has been a major problem in ABO-incompatible kidney transplantation (ABOi-KTx), and currently mycophenolate mofetil and rituximab have been used to…
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The Impact of CDC High Risk Donors on Patient and Graft Survival After Liver Transplantation
D. Moonka, A. Yoshida, A. Taylor.
Division of Gastroenterology, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI; Transplant Institute, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI; Department of Public Health Sciences, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI.
We hypothesized that CDC high risk donors (HRD) might be younger than non-HRD and have other characteristics associated with favorable outcomes after liver transplant (LT).…
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Utilization of Liver Allografts from Deceased Donors. Non Medical Causes for Discard. A Review of the SRTR Annual Report
M. Asolati,¹ C. Kulig,² B. Bilir,² T. Pillen,¹ P. Gauthier,² B. Bista,² T. Heffron.¹
¹Surgery, Porter Adventist Hospital, Denver, CO; ²Medicine, Porter Adventist Hospital, Denver, CO.
INTRODUCTION: Discrepancy between demand (end stage organ disease) and supply (organs) remains one of the limiting factors in solid organ transplantation and underlies the dynamics…
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Vitamin D Deficiency in Liver Transplant Recipients: Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Outcomes
T. Joson, T. Schiano, A. Mehrotra.
Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY.
Vitamin D is known to be immunomodulatory, and its deficiency is associated with multiple chronic health problems in the general population. The objective of this…