Am J Transplant, Volume 5, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 89 of 170 - ATC Abstracts

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Severe Refractory Skin Eruption Treated With Plasmapheresis in a Multivisceral Transplant Patient
J. Garcia,¹ T. Beduschi,¹ A. Tekin,¹ J. Fan,¹ S. Nishida,¹ G. Selvaggi,¹ G. Ciancio,¹ G. Burke,¹ C. Katsoufis,² L. Pizano,³ R. Vianna.¹
¹Miam Transplant Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL; ²Pediatrics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL; ³Surgery Critical Care, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL.
3 year old African American male who underwent a multivisceral transplant due to gastroschisis. Crossmatch for T and B cells, PRA, DSA were negative. Induction…
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Burden of Early Antibody-Mediated Rejection (AMR): Complications, Resource Utilization and Cost-Differential in Treatment of AMR
R. Banga,¹ C. Schinstock,¹ A. Boscoe,⁴ M. Hathcock,³ W. Kremers,³ M. Stegall.²
¹Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; ²Division of Transplantation Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; ³Division of Biostatistics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; ⁴Health Outcomes Research, Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Cheshire, CT.
Early antibody-mediated rejection (AMR) is common in positive crossmatch kidney transplants (+XMKTx). The current study determined the complications, resource utilization and cost associated with early,…
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A Single Center Study on Pregnacy and Allograf Function Outcomes Post Heart Transplant
S. Adams, M. Wigger.
Heart Transplant, Vanderbilt Medical Center, Nasvhille, TN.
Pregnancy is a special time during a young woman's life, especially more so in those young women who are post heart transplant. The purpose of…
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CD8⁺TCR^– Bone Marrow Facilitating Cells Prime Migration and Enhance Homing of Hematopoietic Stem and Progenitor Cells
Y. Wen,¹ Y. Huang,¹ T. Miller,¹ S. Ildstad.^1,2
¹Institute for Cellular Therapeutics, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY; ²Regenerex, LLC, Louisville, KY.
We recently reported the induction of chimerism and tolerance to renal allografts without GVHD or engraftment syndrome in HLA-mismatched living donor renal transplant recipients through…
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Creation of a Functional Bio-Artificial Intestinal Segment in Rats
T. Corsello, G. Damiano, M. Tuveri, M. Montalbano, C. Rastellini, L. Cicalese.
Surgery, UTMB, Galveston, TX.
Short bowel syndrome is caused by reduced intestinal length and insufficient absorption. TPN may improve life expectancy, but is potentially associated with severe complications and…
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Detergent-Sonication Method for the Whole Laryngeal Decellularization
N. Nayakawde,¹ K. Methe,¹ M. Berg,² G. Premaratne,¹ H. Ejnell,² M. Olausson.¹
¹Surgery, Gothenburg University, Gothenburg, Vastra Gotaland, Sweden; ²Departments of 1Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Gothenburg University, Gothenburg, Vastra Gotaland, Sweden.
Background: Each year, about 136,000 individuals worldwide are diagnosed with larynx carcinoma. Tissue engineered organs shows promising alternative to a conventional transplantation in both preclinical…
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Gradual Warming Up Perfusion Post Static Cold Storage Reduces Renal Injury
P. Mahboub,^3,1 P. Ottens,¹ R. Ploeg,² P. Martins,³ H. Leuvenink.¹
¹Surgery, UMCG, Groningen, Netherlands; ²Surgery, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom; ³Surgery, UMass, Worcester, MA.
We hypothesize that the sudden warm reperfusion after Cold Storage [CS] is detrimental for the graft and we therefore evaluated different warming-up procedures before reperfusion.Methods:Rat…
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Microvascular (MIA) and Interstitial (i) Inflammation Influence Late Death-Censored Graft Failure (DCGF) After Kidney Transplantation
R. Gaston,¹ A. Fieberg,² R. Leduc,² J. Connett,² F. Cosio,³ S. Gourishankar,⁴ J. Grande,³ L. Hunsicker,⁵ B. Kasiske,⁶ J. Cecka,⁷ A. Matas,² D. Rush.⁸
¹UAB, Birmingham; ²U Minnesota, Minneapolis; ³Mayo Clinic, Rochester; ⁴U Alberta, Edmonton, Canada; ⁵U Iowa, Iowa City; ⁶Hennepin County Med Ctr, Minneapolis; ⁷UCLA Immunogenetics, Los Angeles; ⁸U Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
We and others have shown late DCGF is due to ongoing, most often immune, injury. Though there is general agreement that antibody-mediated injury is a…
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Banff Criteria Are Inadequate to Assess Chronic Renal Allograft Injury 10 Years Post-Transplantation
L. Cornell, W. Park, F. Cosio, M. Stegall.
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
Background: The Banff criteria have been developed to assess acute and chronic injury in renal allografts. However, the criteria have been based on biopsies for…
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Non-Inferior Outcomes of Third and Fourth Renal Transplant. An Analysis of Our Experience
H. Sharma, P. Yiannollou, O. Masood, G. Giffruda, R. Dhanda, D. Van Dellen, T. Campbell, R. Pararajasingam, T. Augustine, A. Tavakoli, B. Forgacs.
Transplant Surgery, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, United Kingdom.
INTRODUCTIONOutcome of third and subsequent renal transplants have not been associated with favorable outcomes. We analyze our experience in patients with three or more kidney-transplants…