2021 American Transplant Congress Archives

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Early Conversion to Belatacept-based Therapy Improves Graft Function in Renal Transplant Patients

N. Huang¹, C. J. Yang², I. Movileanu¹, R. H. Dvorai³, K. M. Ecal¹, R. F. Saidi¹, A. N. Ayla Senay¹, B. Gallay⁴, M. J. Hanlon¹, S. Narsipur⁴, M. R. Laftavi¹, R. Shahbazov¹
Early Detection of SARS-CoV-2 and Other Infections in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients and Household Members Using Wearable Devices

E. H. Li¹, E. Mukhtar¹, E. D. Elftmann¹, F. R. Eweje¹, H. Gao¹, L. I. Ibrahim¹, R. G. Kathawate¹, A. C. Lee¹, K. A. Moore¹, N. Nair¹, S. Amaral², M. Snyder³, B. J. Keating¹
Early Effects of Acuity Circle-Based Liver Allocation During Covid-19 Pandemic in the United States

S. Nagai, T. Ivanics, T. Kitajima, M. Shamaa, M. Lu, S. Yeddula, K. Collins, M. Rizzari, A. Yoshida, M. Abouljoud
Early Experience with Broad Renal Genetic Testing in an Academic Transplant Center

E. Tantisattamo¹, K. Brossart², N. Ioannou², S. McCormick², P. R. Billings², H. Tabriziani²
Early Experience with Machine Retrograde Perfusion of Deceased Donor Kidneys: Short-term Outcomes of a Prospective Study

J. Zeng, Q. Zhong, S. Yin, Z. Jia, Z. Huang, Y. Fan, X. Wang, T. Lin, T. Song
Early Hypertransaminasemia in Kidney Transplant Recipient: Influence of Donor Type and Clinical Significance

E. Solà-Porta, M. Redondo-Pachón, S. Núñez-Delgado, C. Arias-Cabrales, M. Mir, A. Buxeda, C. Burballa, M. Crespo, J. Pascual, M. Pérez-Sáez
Early Increases in Post-Transplant Pancreatic Enzymes Are Associated with Surgical Complications Among Pancreas Transplant Recipients

S. Parajuli, G. Leverson, B. Welch, H. Sollinger, D. Kaufman, D. Mandelbrot, J. Odorico
Early Increases in Post-Transplant Pancreatic Enzymes are Not Associated with Inferior Patient or Graft Outcomes Among Pancreas Transplant Recipients

S. Parajuli, G. E. Leverson, B. Welch, H. Sollinger, D. Kaufman, D. Mandelbrot, J. Odorico
Early Outcome of Heart-Kidney Transplantation in the Current Heart Allocation System in the United States

S. Rao¹, A. Doyle¹, D. Brennan², S. Constantinescu³
Early Parathyroidectomy for Management of Post-transplant Hyperparathyroidism: A Case Series

A. Gokhale, J. Chancay, S. Johnson, R. P. Owen, F. Tedla, A. Bhansali, V. Sehgal, R. Shapiro, G. De Boccardo
Early Portal Vein Ligation in the Setting of Shorter Hepatectomy May Contribute to Better Surgical Outcomes in Deceased Donor Liver Transplantation

K. Delvecchio, T. Kitajima, A. Mohamed, S. Yeddula, M. Tayseer, T. Ivanics, K. Collins, M. Rizzari, A. Yoshida, M. Abouljoud, S. Nagai
Early Recovery After Surgery Protocol in Kidney Transplantation is Associated with Decreased Hospital Stay and Improved Clinical Outcomes

Y. Lin, M. Eltemamy, K. Sasaki, V. Krishnamurthi, D. Goldfarb, A. Wee
Early Reduction of Tacrolimus Trough Levels Improves Long-term Kidney Function without Increase in Incidence of Acr

M. Chen¹, B. Loza¹, A. Chang¹, R. Byfield², K. Olthoff¹, A. Shaked¹
Early Review of Liver Acuity Circles Allocation

S. Noreen¹, J. Heimbach², J. Pomposelli³, M. Cafarella¹, J. Trotter⁴
Early Stent Removal in Kidney Transplant Recipients – A Quality Improvement Project

V. Rohan, N. Pilch, M. Altiti, S. Nadig, A. Lin, D. DuBay, P. Baliga
Early Transplant Education Increases CKD 3-5 Patients’ Knowledge and Informed Decision-Making About Chronic Kidney Disease and Living Donor Kidney Transplant

A. D. Waterman¹, S. H. Kawakita², B. Dub³, Y. A. Iraheta¹, A. L. Murillo², T. Menser⁴, B. Mittman³
Economic and Clinical Benefit of Cmv Matching in Kidney Transplantation

D. Axelrod¹, S. Chang², A. Olyaei³, D. Malinoski³, D. Norman³, K. Lentine⁴, M. Schnitzler⁴, D. Segev⁵, J. Lockridge³
Economic Impact of a Pharmacist-Led Medication Safety Intervention: Report from the Transafe Rx Randomized Controlled Trial

D. Taber, J. Fleming, Z. Su, P. Mauldin, M. Gebregziabher
Ectopic Hepatocyte Transplantation Into the Lymph Nodes in a Fully Mismatched Allogeneic Dog Model Using Tacrolimus and Prednisone

P. A. Fontes
Effect of Defibrotide on Kidney Ischemia Reperfusion Injury in a Preclinical Renal Transplant Model

P. Pine¹, Z. Sun², A. Matas³, J. Shi¹, A. Ebrahimnejad¹, M. Zanette⁴, P. Halloran⁵, J. S. Bromberg⁶, R. Hanvesakul⁷
Effect of Donor Glomerulosclerosis and Interstitial Fibrosis/Tubular Atrophy (IFTA) on Kidney Graft Survival: A Single Organ Procurement Organization (OPO) Data

P. Homkrailas¹, M. Hussain¹, G. M. Danovitch¹, K. Wheeler², S. Bunnapradist¹
Effect of Early Biopsy-Proven Rejection on Liver Transplant Outcomes

D. D. Aufhauser, N. Marka, L. Stalter, G. Levenson, D. Al-Adra, D. P. Foley
Effect of Early Steroid Withdrawal on Posttransplant Diabetes Mellitus Among Kidney Transplant Recipients Differs by Recipient Age

J. Ahn¹, S. Bae¹, M. Schnitzler², G. Hess³, K. Lentine², D. Segev¹, M. McAdams-DeMarco¹
Effect of HLA Class II Polymorphism on Predicted Cellular Immunity Against SARS-CoV-2 at the Individual Level and Within Twenty Five Race/ethnic Groups

H. C. Copley¹, L. Gragert², A. R. Leach³, V. Kosmoliaptsis¹
Effect of HLA-DR Mismatches on Graft Outcomes of Kidney Transplant from Elderly Donors

P. Homkrailas, S. Bunnapradist
Effect of Insulin versus Oral Agents on Early Glycemic Control Following Kidney Transplant

A. Petrosan, A. Santeusanio, R. Khaim, V. Delaney
Effect of Multi-Organ Transplant Allocation on Pediatric Kidney Waitlist Candidates

D. Shepherd, R. M. Engen
Effective Patient Throughput on the Transplant Surgery Service

E. M. Thomas¹, P. K. Shah¹, S. Beasley², A. Saad¹, M. Rani¹, F. Cigarroa¹
Effects of IL-18 on Key Post-Translational Modifications of Human Foxp3 and Innate Immunity

T. Akimova¹, L. M. Christensen¹, Z. Wang², M. H. Levine², W. W. Hancock¹
Effects of IL-2 and/ or Anti-IL6R Therapy on Long-term Cardiac Allograft Survival in Non-Human Primates (NHPs)

C. L. Miller, K. J. Ahrens, J. M. O, P. M. Patel, J. A. Morrissette, D. Becerra, T. Costa, A. Dehnadi, I. M. Hanekamp, G. Benichou, J. C. Madsen
Effects of Timing of Everolimus Transition on Renal Outcomes in Liver Transplant Recipients

M. Leick¹, H. Belleau², T. McCashland³
Effects of TIPS on Transplant Outcomes for HCC

C. L. Hanlon¹, D. Toy¹, Y. Liu¹, S. Zhou¹, K. Zhou², J. Kahn², L. Yuan²
Effects of Transverse Abdominis Plane Blocks on Opioid Requirements Post Kidney Donation

R. Caputo, O. Witkowsky, A. Rajab
Efficacy and Safety of a High Dose Ganciclovir Dosing Strategy in Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Recipients

M. Jorgenson¹, J. Descourouez¹, G. Leverson², C. Saddler², J. Smith², D. Mandelbrot², J. Odorico²
Efficacy of Ex Vivo Normothermic Limb Perfusion in Maintaining Cellular Viability and Muscle Function

T. Xia¹, P. Sadeghi², V. Kopparthy², S. Pandey², A. Rampazzo², B. Bassiri Gharb²
Efficacy of Hope: Analysis of Quality HIV+ Deceased Donor Organ Availability

G. E. Owens¹, B. Shelton¹, P. MacLennan¹, D. Sawinski², J. E. Locke¹
Efficacy of MAU868, a Novel BKV Neutralizing Monoclonal Antibody (mAb), for the Treatment of Severe BK Virus Nephropathy (BKVN) After Kidney Transplant

S. C. Jordan¹, N. Ammerman², M. Toyoda³, K. Lim², J. R. Abend⁴, A. Patick⁵, M. R. Hodges⁵, A. Vo², S. J. Kovacs⁶
Elevated BMI (>28) and High Titer ANA are the Most Common Causes of Abnormal Selective Pre-donation Liver Biopsies in Living Liver Donors

J. Cisek
Elevated Tacrolimus Levels in Hospitalized Organ Transplant Recipients with COVID-19

K. Mecadon¹, A. Hardesty², K. Vieira³, R. Rogers³, B. Merhi⁴, A. J. Osband⁵, G. Bayliss⁴, R. Gohh⁴, P. Morrissey⁵, D. Farmakiotis³
Elexacaftor/ivacaftor/tezacaftor in Lung Transplant Recipients: A Case Series

L. M. Potter¹, B. Vargas², S. M. Rotolo¹, C. McEwen¹, K. Tsui¹
En Bloc Kidney Transplantation from Pediatrics Weighing Less Than 5 Kg: Single Center Analysis of 31 Cases

Z. Wang¹, X. Zeng², Q. Xia², J. Peng², H. Xiao², J. Liu², H. Li²
Endocrine Cell Identity and HOMA-B In Patients with Chronic Pancreatitis Undergoing Islet Auto-transplantation

C. A. Beamish¹, O. Gaber², O. M. Sabek²
Endothelial Glycocalyx Shedding is Associated with Graft Quality During Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion

K. Noda, B. J. Philips, T. Harano, J. D. Luketich, P. G. Sanchez
Endothelial-to-Myofibroblast Transition (en-mt) and Low Expression of Capillary Vegf Enhance the Development of Interstitial Fibrosis and Glomerulosclerosis Induced by Microvascular Destruction in Antibody-Mediated Rejection (abmr) Patients

B. Ozdemir¹, E. Akcay¹, A. Ok Atilgan¹, M. Haberal²
Engineered Human Glomerular Endothelial Cells to Identify Non-hla Antibodies and Decipher Their Pathogenicity After Kidney Transplantation

B. Lamarthée¹, C. Burger¹, C. Leclaire¹, L. Morin¹, F. Terzi¹, C. Tinel¹, D. Anglicheau²
Enhancement of Regulatory T Cell Therapies by Biomimetic Nanofiber Matrices on Single Cells

L. A. Fraser¹, S. Lee¹, Y. Sambandam², J. He², X. Huang², D. Z. Ivancic², J. Mathew², Z. J. Zhang², J. R. Leventhal², L. Gallon², S. I. Stupp¹
Enteric Conversion After Bladder-drained Kidney-pancreas Transplantation

S. Sivan, M. Ortigosa-Goggins, M. Patel, M. Morsi, L. Chen, J. Figueiro, G. Ciancio, G. Burke
Environmental Factors That Shape T-cell Alloimmunity: Role of the Microbiome

K. Janek¹, J. H. Fechner¹, R. A. Daley¹, K. Krautkamer¹, F. Rey², J. D. Mezrich¹
Eosinophils Attenuate Hepatic Ischemia Reperfusion Injury in Mice Through St2-Dependent Il-13 Production

Y. Yang, Y. Wang, M. Wang, J. Jeong, L. Xu, Y. Wen, C. Emontzpohl, W. Dar, C. Ju
Epidemiology and Risk Factors for Invasive Fungal Infection in Pancreas Transplant in the Absence of Fungal Prophylaxis

J. Burkey¹, J. M. Chen², A. A. Sharfuddin², M. S. Yaqub², A. J. Lutz², J. A. Powelson², J. A. Fridell², N. Barros²
Epigenetic & Functional Changes Associated with Alloreactive Memory CD8 T Cell Subsets in Liver Transplant Patients

H. Abdelsamed¹, S. Liu¹, M. Juya¹, D. Metes², F. Lakkis¹, A. Thomson¹
Equity in Access to Kidney Transplants by Race/ethnicity in the Covid-19 Era

D. Stewart¹, A. Robinson², K. Bradbrook², A. Wilk², D. Klassen³
Establishing a Linear Program for the Development of Costimulation Resistant T-Cells

D. P. Moris, A. Lucander, A. Kirk
Estimated GFR by Serum Myo-inositol, Valine, Creatinine, and Cystatin-c Outperforms Current CKD-epi Equations in Renal Transplant Recipients

J. W. Meeusen¹, F. Stammler², J. Lieske³, M. Grassi², M. Shah⁴, E. Schiffer²
Estrogen Receptor Beta Deletion is Protective in Renal Ischemia Reperfusion Injury in a Renal Specific Manner

C. S. O'Brien, P. Hernandez, Z. Wang, G. Ge, W. Hancock, M. H. Levine
Estrogen Receptors Alpha and Beta are Required for Immune Homeostasis and Normal Treg Function

L. M. Christensen¹, T. Akimova², G. Ge³, R. Han¹, L. Wang¹, P. Hernandez³, C. O'Brien³, M. H. Levine³, W. W. Hancock¹
Evaluate the Effect of Cresemba (isavuconazonium Sulfate) Capsule and Noxafil (posaconazole) Delayed Release Tablets on Tacrolimus Dose to Concentration (D/C) Ratios in Lung Transplant Recipients

H. Sweiss¹, E. Kincaide¹, D. Levine², R. Hall¹
Evaluating Pneumocystis Jiroveci Pneumonia Prophylaxis in Lung Transplant Recipients

J. Sharkey, K. McMurry, J. Park, C. Carlson, K. Gregg, D. Kaul, D. Lyu, L. Fitzgerald
Evaluation and Experience with Hepatitis C Positive to Negative PancreasTransplantation

B. K. Lindner, B. Thomas, M. Cooper, S. Yi, P. Abrams
Evaluation of a Weight-Based Mycophenolate Mofetil Dosing Protocol for Kidney Transplant Maintenance Immunosuppression

M. Mahoney¹, E. Kincaide¹, J. Nelson¹, K. Klein¹, R. Hall¹, S. Bhayana²
Evaluation of Conversion to Extended-Release Tacrolimus in Abdominal Organ and Thoracic Transplant Recipients

A. Diamond¹, N. Agarwal², A. Younas², N. Sifontis², J. Au¹, C. Ruggia-Check¹
Evaluation of Empiric Extended-Release Tacrolimus Dosing in Adult Kidney Transplant Recipients

C. Patel, S. Lee, D. M. Salerno, N. W. Lange, J. Hedvat
Evaluation of Fungal Prophylaxis Post-Lung Transplantation

I. Shah¹, K. Mohrien¹, C. Rose², J. Au¹
Evaluation of High-versus Low-Dose Valganciclovir for Cytomegalovirus Prevention in Adult Liver Transplant Recipients: A Single Center Experience

P. Parikh¹, M. Siddiqui², O. De La Cruz², G. Gupta², D. Kumar², I. Yakubu²
Evaluation of Increasing Liver Discard Rate and Waiting List Drop-Off in Post-MELD Era

R. Matsumoto¹, K. Halazun², J. Emond¹, B. Samstein², R. S. Brown Jr.², L. Dove¹, T. Kato¹
Evaluation of Low Dose Famciclovir as Herpes Simplex Virus and Varicella Zoster Virus Prophylaxis in Cytomegalovirus Low Risk Solid Organ Transplant Recipients

M. Cote, A. Cubley, C. Rogers, S. Shao, C. N. Kotton
Evaluation of Meningococcal Vaccine Response Among Solid Organ Transplant Recipients Receiving Eculizumab

R. Arora¹, C. Kane¹, K. Cunningham¹, M. Ison²
Evaluation of Pepsin in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid Post-lung Transplantation: Implications of Detection

M. T. Olson, C. Rogers, K. McAnally, A. Arjuna
Evaluation of Preperitoneal Space as an Extrahepatic Transplant Site in Clinical Total Pancreatectomy with Islet Autotransplantation

K. Kumano, B. Naziruddin, S. Bruer, G. Saracino, M. Lawrence, G. Testa, A. Gupta, E. Beecherl, N. Onaca
Evaluation of Rituximab-abbs in Renal Transplant: A Case Series

A. Dao¹, B. Jimenez², A. Reyad¹, J. Guiteau¹, M. Madhrira³, N. Umezurike¹, S. Patel¹, S. Allam³
Evaluation of Safety and Efficacy of PCSK9 Inhibitors in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients: Experience at a Large Multi-organ Transplant Center

A. Ucci¹, M. Norris², J. Trofe-Clark², T. Fallah², M. Meck¹, R. Samudralwar¹, M. V. Genuardi³
Evaluation of Serum Klotho Levels at Early Kidney Post-Transplant

T. Vazquez-Sanchez¹, J. Alonso-Titos¹, M. Sánchez-Niño², E. Sola¹, M. Leon³, V. Lopez¹, P. Ruiz-Esteban¹, E. Porrini⁴, A. Ortiz⁵, D. Hernández¹
Evaluation of the Conversion from Tacrolimus to Sirolimus in Liver Transplant Recipients

H. Bakhtiari¹, S. Todd², H. Snyder², D. Lo², M. Flynn²
Evaluation of the Differentiation Program of Endogenous Antigen-specific CD8⁺T Cells Following Transplantation

S. M. Krummey¹, K. Tong², M. L. Ford²
Evaluation of the Impact of Delayed Graft Function (dgf) on Kidney Allograft Outcomes

J. Leeds, B. Rawashdeh, M. Sestito, B. Sharma, J. Kamal, A. Kumar, A. AgarwalAA4VB, A. Doyle, S. Rao
Evolving Trends in Risk Profiles and Outcomes in Older Adults Undergoing Kidney Re-Transplantation

S. Sandal¹, J. Ahn², M. Cantarovich¹, N. Chu², D. Segev², M. McAdams DeMarco²
Ex Situ Heart Perfusion and Standard of Care Cold Storage Differentially Affect the Ischemic Secretome of Donor Hearts in Perfusates but Not the Reperfusion Response in Recipient Plasma

E. Chichelnitskiy¹, B. Wiegmann², N. Ledwoch¹, F. Ius², F. Wandrer¹, J. Kühne¹, K. Beushausen¹, J. Keil¹, S. V. Rojas², W. Sommer², C. Kühn², I. Tudorache², M. Avsar², A. Haverich², G. Warnecke², C. S. Falk¹
Excellent Outcomes of Kidney Transplantation from Hepatitis C Infected Donors

B. Rawashdeh, J. Dann, K. M. Marsh, A. Doddi, S. Rao, A. Agarwal
Excellent Pathological Response with Gemcitabine-based Protocol in Patient with Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma

A. Saharia¹, R. McMillan¹, S. Kodali¹, M. Javley², C. M. Mobley¹, M. J. Hobeika¹, A. Shetty¹, D. W. Victor¹, R. McFadden¹, M. Abdelrahim¹, K. Heyne¹, A. O. Gaber¹, R. M. Ghobrial¹
Exosomal DAMP Proteins Released During Islet Isolation Affects TPIAT Outcomes

P. Saravanan, J. Kalivarathan, M. Levy, M. Kanak
Expanding A₂ to B Kidney Transplantation: Safe and Effective Use of Recipients with High Titer Antibodies

A. Gilbert¹, S. Radomski², J. Verbesey¹, J. Vucci¹, M. Cooper¹
Expansion of Cd45ra-foxp3hi Activated Regulatory T Cells Predict Immune Tolerance in Patients with Combined Kidney and Bone Marrow Transplantation

Y. Kwon¹, K. Lee², J. Park²
Experiences of Women Trainees in Transplant Surgery

A. E. Gomez-Rexrode¹, D. E. Cassidy¹, M. S. Anderson², J. R. Santos-Parker¹, L. M. McElroy³, S. A. Waits², V. S. Valbuena²
Experiential Expertise: What Can Patients and Donors Teach Us About Living Donation?

L. A. Davis¹, E. H. Wood², E. Ho³, R. Pines⁴, S. M. Advani⁵, A. D. Waterman²
Exploring the Correlation with Donor Hepatitis C Viral Load and Viral Kinetics in Naïve Kidney Transplantation Recipients

A. Brooks¹, A. Rechnitzer¹, R. Teo¹, D. Y. Goldstein², M. Narlieva², J. P. Rocca¹, M. Ajaimy¹, L. Liriano-Ward¹, Y. Azzi¹, C. Pynadath¹, P. Loarte-Campos¹, E. Akalin¹, M. E. Le¹, H. Yaffe¹, S. Greenstein¹, J. Torabi¹, M. M. Kinkhabwala¹, J. A. Graham¹
Extracellular Matrix Injury of Kidney Allografts in Antibody-mediated Rejection

S. Clotet Freixas¹, C. McEvoy¹, I. Batruch², C. Pastrello³, M. Kotlyar³, J. Van¹, M. Arambewela¹, A. Boshart¹, S. Farkona¹, Y. Niu³, Y. Li¹, O. Famure¹, A. Bozovic⁴, V. Kulasingam⁴, P. Chen¹, J. S. Kim¹, E. Chan⁵, S. Moshkelgosha¹, S. A. Rahman⁶, J. Das⁶, T. Martinu¹, S. Juvet¹, I. Jurisica³, A. Chruscinski¹, R. John¹, A. Konvalinka¹
Extracellular Vesicles from Patients with Diabetic Nephropathy Induce Endothelial Dysfunction Through Icam-1 and Vcam-1 in an In Vitro Model

E. Montagud-Marrahi¹, S. Torramadé-Moix², M. Ramirez-Bajo³, J. Rovira³, E. Bañón-Maneus³, E. Hermida¹, F. Diekmann¹, M. Palomo⁴, M. Díaz-Ricart², P. Ventura-Aguiar¹
Extreme Hyponatremia as a Risk Factor for Early Mortality After Liver Transplantation in the MELD-Sodium Era

T. Ivanics¹, S. Leonard-Murali¹, H. Mouzaihem¹, D. Moonka², T. Kitajima¹, S. Yeddula¹, T. Shamaa¹, M. Rizzari¹, K. Collins¹, A. Yoshida¹, M. Abouljoud¹, S. Nagai¹
Extreme Phenotype Sampling and Next Generation Sequencing to Identify Genetic Variants Associated with Tacrolimus Metabolism in African American Kidney Transplant Recipients

C. R. Dorr¹, B. Guo², B. Wu², J. Abrahante², D. Schladt³, R. Remmel², W. Guan², A. Muthusamy³, G. Onyeaghala³, N. Pankratz², A. Matas², R. Mannon⁴, W. Oetting², P. Jacobson², A. K. Israni³