2015 American Transplant Congress

Monday, May 4, 2015

3:03pm-3:15pm

Etiology, Incidence and Outcomes of the Highly Sensitized Kidney Transplant Patient

R. Redfield, T. Zens, J. Scalea, M. Rizzari, D. Mandelbrot, D. Kaufman, A. Djamali.

Concurrent Session: Kidney: Desensitization  •  Terrace I-III

3:03pm-3:15pm

Loss of RIPK3 and Caspase-8 Enhance Intrinsic Apoptosis in Tubular Epithelial Cell (TEC) Death and Contributes to Kidney Ischemia Reperfusion Injury (IRI)

B. Sung,¹ Y. Su,³ A. Lau,³ J. Jiang,³ A. Haig,² D. Green,⁴ Z. Zhang,² A. Jevnikar.¹

Concurrent Session: Ischemia Reperfusion Injury: Basic Mechanisms  •  Room 119-A

3:03pm-3:15pm

Molecular Correlates of Endothelial mTOR Activation in Heart Transplants Recipients

M. Racape, A. Loupy, J. Reeve, J. Venner, R. Guillemain, L. Hidalgo, C. Lefaucheur, X. Jouven, P. Bruneval, P. Halloran, J. Duong.

Concurrent Session: Heart De-"Mystification": Rejection and Antibodies of All Types  •  Room 118-C

3:03pm-3:15pm

Non-Invasive Diagnosis of Post Kidney Transplant Complications by Urinary Exosomal mRNA Analysis

H. Harada,¹ T. Murakami,² C. Yamamoto,² M. Mitsuhashi.²

Concurrent Session: Immune Monitoring I  •  Room 120-ABC

3:03pm-3:15pm

Outcomes of HIV+ Liver Transplant Recipients Compared to HCV+ or HIV+/HCV+ Co-Infected Recipients: The “Real World” Experience

D. Sawinski,¹ G. David,² E. Blumberg,³ P. Abt,⁴ R. Bloom,¹ K. Forde.²

Concurrent Session: Liver Transplantation: Viral Hepatitis  •  Terrace IV

3:03pm-3:15pm

Patient and Process-Level Factors Associated With Kidney Transplant Readmissions

K. Covert, J. Fleming, C. Staino, J. Casale, K. Boyle, N. Pilch, H. Meadows, C. Mardis, J. McGillicuddy, C. Bratton, T. Srinivas, K. Chavin, P. Baliga, D. Taber.

Concurrent Session: Kidney: Hospitalization/Readmission  •  Room 118-AB

3:03pm-3:15pm

Pretransplant Antibodies Against Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor in Renal Transplantation: Preliminary Data from the KNOW-KT Study

K. Huh,¹ J. Lee,¹ Y. Park,² Y. Kim,¹ C. Ahn.³

Concurrent Session: Antibodies and Graft Injury: Translational  •  Room 121-AB

3:03pm-3:15pm

Robotic Kidney Transplantation With Regional Hypothermia: Results from a Prospective Two-Arm Non-Randomized Controlled Trial (Ideal Phase 2b)

R. Ahlawat,¹ A. Sood,² P. Ghosh,¹ V. Kher,¹ M. Bhandari,² M. Menon.²

Concurrent Session: Kidney: Surgical Technique/Complications  •  Room 115-AB

3:03pm-3:15pm

Tolerance to Graft A-Antigens Following ABO-Incompatible Heart Transplantation (HTx) in a Blood Group A-Transgenic Mouse Model

B. Motyka,¹ K. Labonte,¹ F. Rahman,¹ J. Pearcey,¹ K. Tao,¹ M. Mengel,¹ B. Sis,¹ P. Cowan,² L. West.¹

Concurrent Session: Transplant Tolerance: Animal Models I  •  Room 121-C

3:15pm-3:27pm

An Economic Analysis of Tolerance Induction for Two-Haplotype Match Kidney Living Donor Transplant Recipients

K. Erickson,¹ W. Winkelmayer,² R. Lowsky,¹ J. Scandling,¹ S. Strober.¹

Concurrent Session: Tolerance: Clinical Studies  •  Room 122-AB