2018 American Transplant Congress

Monday, June 4, 2018

6:00pm-7:00pm

Presence of Chronic Vascular Lesions on Allograft Biopsy is Associated with Greater Improvement in Renal Function after Conversion from Tacrolimus to Belatacept

M. Perez-Saez,^1,2 B. Yu,¹ A. Uffing,¹ N. Murakami,¹ J. Azzi,¹ S. El Haji,³ S. Gabardi,³ L. Riella.¹

Poster Session C: Kidney Immunosuppression: Novel Regimens and Drug Minimization  •  Hall 4EF

6:00pm-7:00pm

Prevalence and Infection-Related Outcomes Associated with Transplant Tourism

J. Slomovic, S. Humar, D. Kumar, A. Humar.

Poster Session C: Transplant Infectious Diseases  •  Hall 4EF

6:00pm-7:00pm

Prevalence and Persistence of Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Subclinical Vascular Damage in Patients after Pediatric Lung Transplantation

M. Onnen,¹ N. Memaran,¹ B. Borchert,¹ R. Blöte,¹ R. Sugianto,¹ C. Müller,² A. Melk.¹

Poster Session C: Lung: All Topics  •  Hall 4EF

6:00pm-7:00pm

Prevalence, Risk Factors and Impact of BK Viremia on Kidney Transplantation: Single Center Experience

W. Hassan, A. El-Husseini, B. Suleiman, K. Wang, M. Yaseen, A. Maibam, A. Karim, A. Hines, A. Castellanos, V. Cornea, X. Mei, R. Gedaly, T. Waid.

Poster Session C: Kidney: Polyoma  •  Hall 4EF

6:00pm-7:00pm

Preventing of Rejection of Vascularized Composite Allografts by Targeting T Cell Metabolism

B. Oh,¹ C. Cheng,² G. Furtmüller,¹ K. Donovan,¹ W. Lee,¹ J. Powell,² G. Brandacher.¹

Poster Session C: Lymphocyte Biology: Signaling, Co-Stimulation, Regulation  •  Hall 4EF

6:00pm-7:00pm

Primary Oral Vancomycin Prophylaxis Reduces the Incidence of Clostridium difficile Infection among Lung Transplant Recipients

V. Bajrovic, K. Brizendine.

Poster Session C: Lung: All Topics  •  Hall 4EF

6:00pm-7:00pm

Prolonged-Release Tacrolimus Dosing in De Novo Kidney Transplantation: Randomized, Open-Label, Pilot Study

Y. Kim,¹ Y. Chiang,² S. Kim,³ M. Kim,⁴ S. Park,⁵ S. Wu,⁶ K. Horita,⁷ Y. Nakashima,⁷ H. Jiang,⁸ D. Han.¹

Poster Session C: Kidney Immunosuppression: Novel Regimens and Drug Minimization  •  Hall 4EF

6:00pm-7:00pm

Prospective Study of Switching from Tacrolimus to Low-Dose Cyclosporine A Preserving Allograft Function in BK Virus-Associated Nephropathy

G. Huang, X. Chen, S. Yang, C. Wang.

Poster Session C: Kidney: Polyoma  •  Hall 4EF

6:00pm-7:00pm

Protein S Deficiency as an Independent Risk Factor for Portal Vein Thrombosis in Cirrhotic Patients Awaiting Liver Transplantation

H-.C. Hung,¹ J-.C. Lee,¹ C-.H. Cheng,² Y-.C. Wang,² T-.H. Wu,² C-.F. Lee,² T-.J. Wu,² H. Chou,² K-.M. Chan,² W-.C. Lee.²

Poster Session C: Liver: Recipient Selection  •  Hall 4EF

6:00pm-7:00pm

Psychosocial Assessment of Candidates for Transplantation (PACT) Identifies Non-Adherence in Pediatric Kidney Transplantation

K. Freischlag,¹ V. Chen,² S. Nagaraj,² A. Chua,² E. Chambers.²

Poster Session C: Kidney Donor Selection / Management Issues  •  Hall 4EF