2019 American Transplant Congress » Poster Session B: Heart and VADs: All Topics

6:00pm-7:00pm

3-year Outcome Of Heart Transplantation In Patients With Amyloidosis

J. Patel, M. Kittleson, D. H. Chang, R. Levine, S. Dimbil, L. Czer, F. Esmailian, J. A. Kobashigawa

6:00pm-7:00pm

Alteration of Myocardial Velocities and T1 Times in Patients with Acute Cellular Rejection during First Year Post Heart Transplant

R. Sarnari, A. Ruh, M. Abbasi, J. Blaisdell, R. Dolan, J. Wilcox, S. Khan, E. Vorovich, J. Rich, A. Anderson, C. Yancy, J. Carr, M. Markl, K. Ghafourian

6:00pm-7:00pm

Amiodarone And Primary Graft Dysfunction In Heart Transplantation: Reality Or Myth?

M. Kittleson, J. Patel, D. H. Chang, E. Kransdorf, S. Dimbil, R. Levine, K. Yabuno, L. Czer, M. Hamilton, F. Esmailian, J. A. Kobashigawa

6:00pm-7:00pm

Anemia and Hemolysis on Dapsone Despite Normal Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Activity in Heart Transplant Recipients

K. Lor, E. Kransdorf, J. Patel, M. Kittleson, D. Chang, J. A. Kobashigawa

6:00pm-7:00pm

Association Between Cumulative Pre-transplant Amiodarone Dose And Post-transplant Outcomes After Heart Transplantation

K. Lang¹, M. Sullivan², P. Simone¹, S. Patel¹, L. M. Lourenco¹

6:00pm-7:00pm

Association between Recipient Sex and Risk of Heart Graft Failure

A. Chackowicz¹, X. Zhang², M. Dahhou², R. Sapir-Pichhadze³, H. Cardinal⁴, B. Foster⁵

6:00pm-7:00pm

Cardioprotective Effects of Pre-Operative Cyclosporine in Patients Undergoing Heart Transplantation

Y. Hirase, M. Harris, M. Watson, H. Lee, C. Patel

6:00pm-7:00pm

Could Intravenous Iron Strengthen The Chances Of Heart Transplantation For Patients With Left Ventricular Assist Devices?

A. Mardis¹, C. Mardis², J. Barham³, A. Poole³, S. Branham³, R. Napier⁴, J. Martin³, P. McCann⁴

6:00pm-7:00pm

Do Heart Transplant Patients Have Support Personnel Ready to Help Them If Necessary?

A. Velleca, K. Norland, M. Curry, N. Ransbottom, B. Kearney, R. Levine, S. Dimbil, R. Sharoff, E. Passano, J. A. Kobashigawa

6:00pm-7:00pm

Donor, Recipient Indices and Frailty Predict Outcomes after Heart-Kidney Transplantation

C. Beifeld¹, V. Dio Guardi¹, K. Lau¹, A. Di Carlo¹, S. Karhadkar²

6:00pm-7:00pm

Effect of DSA-Free Heart Allocation on Children

M. Skeans¹, J. Pyke¹, K. Audette¹, R. White², W. Mahle³, A. Savage⁴, J. Smith⁵

6:00pm-7:00pm

Efficacy of Long-Acting Octreotide in Left Ventricular Assist Device Patients with Recurrent Gastrointestinal Bleeding

T. Wilson¹, D. Baran², J. Herre², C. Cameron¹, W. Old³, G. Zeevi², C. Barreiro⁴, C. Kemp⁴, J. Philpott⁴, A. Ingemi⁵

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Exercise after Heart Transplantation: What is the Reality?

A. Velleca, K. Norland, N. Musto, N. Mikhail, H. Barone, G. Jamero, R. J. Levine, S. Dimbil, R. Sharoff, E. Passano, J. A. Kobashigawa

6:00pm-7:00pm

Extracorporeal Photopheresis for Specific Immune Tolerance Responses in Heart Transplant Recipients

M. J. Barten¹, K. Klaeske², J. Wittke², M. Borger², J. Garbade², S. Lehmann³, H. Reichenspurner¹, M. Dieterlen²

6:00pm-7:00pm

First Experience For Cold Storage Of Donor Hearts With Paragonix SherpaPak

L. Stastny¹, M. Kofler¹, D. Höfer¹, G. Pölzl², R. Breitkopf³, M. Grimm¹, H. Antretter¹, J. Dumfarth¹

6:00pm-7:00pm

Gene Expression Profiling for Cardiac Transplant Recipients: Results from the Outcomes AlloMap® Registry

S. Hall¹, G. Ewald², P. Berman³, A. Kao⁴, T. Wolf-Doty⁵, J. Yee⁵, J. Kobashigawa⁶

6:00pm-7:00pm

Idarucizumab For The Reversal Of Dabigatran In Patients Undergoing Heart Transplantation

J. Van Keer¹, T. Vanassche¹, W. Droogne¹, S. Rex², F. Rega³, J. Van Cleemput¹, P. Verhamme¹, M. Naesens⁴

6:00pm-7:00pm

Immune Privilege May Predispose Patients after Orthotopic Heart Transplantation to Develop Recipient to Donor Atrial Connections Associated with Atrial Arrhythmias

B. Herweg¹, M. Nellaiyappan¹, T. Tran¹, G. Mabry¹, K. Weston¹, H. J. Eisen², M. Weston³

6:00pm-7:00pm

Impact of HLA Mismatches and Cytomegalovirus Seropositivity on Outcomes Following Heart Transplantation

A. Singhvi, R. Araujo-Gutierrez, M. H. Park, A. Bhimaraj, B. H. Trachtenberg, I. Hussain, A. Guha

6:00pm-7:00pm

Increasing Doses of Pain Medications Pre-Heart Transplant as a Risk Factor for Outcomes after Transplant

K. Shah, D. H. Chang, J. Patel, R. J. Levine, S. Dimbil, E. Passano, J. A. Kobashigawa

6:00pm-7:00pm

Infectious Risk of Rejection Therapy Following Heart Transplantation; Can It Be Avoided?

M. Kittleson, J. Patel, S. Dimbil, R. J. Levine, G. Esmailian, A. Shen, T. Hage, J. A. Kobashigawa

6:00pm-7:00pm

Influence Of HLA-DR Mismatches On Long Term Outcomes Following Heart Transplantation

A. Singhvi, R. Araujo-Gutierrez, M. H. Park, A. Bhimaraj, B. H. Trachtenberg, I. Hussain, A. Guha

6:00pm-7:00pm

Intravenous Methamphetamine Does Not Appear To Be A Contraindication For Heart Donation In Heart Transplantation

A. Velleca, J. Patel, M. Kittleson, R. Levine, S. Dimbil, S. Mersola, M. Hamilton, F. Esmailian, J. A. Kobashigawa

6:00pm-7:00pm

Is Muscular Dystrophy A Contraindication To Heart Transplantation?

M. Kittleson, J. Patel, D. H. Chang, S. Dimbil, R. Levine, L. Czer, J. A. Kobashigawa

6:00pm-7:00pm

Liver Allograft Provides Protection Against Cardiac Allograft Rejection In Combined Heart And Liver Transplantation

K. Zhao¹, R. Wang², M. Kamoun³, K. Olthoff¹, M. Hoteit⁴, E. Rame⁵, M. Levine¹, R. Mclean⁵, P. Abt¹

6:00pm-7:00pm

Mycophenolic Acid Area under the Curve Monitoring via Limited Sampling Strategy in Pediatric Heart Transplant Recipients

S. Crow, S. H. Dahl, J. N. Johnson

6:00pm-7:00pm

Outcome Of Late Biopsy-negative Rejection After Heart Transplantation

M. Kittleson, J. Patel, E. Kransdorf, S. Dimbil, R. Levine, J. A. Kobashigawa

6:00pm-7:00pm

Outcome Of Left Main Stenting After Heart Transplantation

S. Dimbil, J. Patel, B. Azarbal, M. Kittleson, R. Levine, D. H. Chang, J. A. Kobashigawa

6:00pm-7:00pm

Pre-Transplant Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) Impacts Heart Transplant (HT) Survival

M. S. Gharibdousti¹, M. T. Khasawneh², A. L Friedman³

6:00pm-7:00pm

Prevalence of Donor Specific Antibody in Heart Transplant Recipients with Antibody-Mediated Rejection as Compared to Abnormal Intragraft mRNA Transcripts by Molecular Microscope System

K. Shah, R. J. Levine, S. Dimbil, S. Sana, P. F. Halloran, J. Patel, D. H. Chang, E. Kransdorf, M. Kittleson, J. A. Kobashigawa

6:00pm-7:00pm

Prognostic Value Of Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography In Heart Transplantation Recipients

A. Singhvi, R. Araujo-Gutierrez, M. H. Park, A. Bhimaraj, B. H. Trachtenberg, I. Hussain, A. Guha

6:00pm-7:00pm

Rabbit Anti-Thymocyte Globulin (rATG) Induction in Heart Transplant Recipients at High Risk for Rejection

B. Kitto¹, B. Baetz¹, S. Krim², H. Patel², S. Mandras², S. Desai², C. Eiswirth², H. Ventura², S. Thai¹

6:00pm-7:00pm

Reference Ranges Donor-Derived Cell-Free DNA in a Heart Transplant Population

A. Kao¹, S. Dholakia², M. Deng³

6:00pm-7:00pm

Rejection, Infectious, and Renal Outcomes with Perioperative Desensitization in Orthotopic Heart Transplant Recipients

M. Plazak, B. Reed, S. Hammad, S. Gale, V. Ton, D. Kaczorowski, T. Trobiano, B. Ravichandran

6:00pm-7:00pm

Role of Kidney Biopsy in Simultaneous Heart-Kidney Transplantation

P. B. Shah¹, M. A. Josephson¹, K. Henriksen², A. Chang²

6:00pm-7:00pm

Room for Improvement: Adherence to Vaccination Recommendations in a Heart Transplant Cohort

D. Jandhyala, J. D. Lewis

6:00pm-7:00pm

Slowed Progression of Maximal Intimal Thickening by Intravascular Ultrasound after Initiation of Sirolimus

A. Putschoegl¹, K. Campbell¹, M. Everitt¹, S. Miyamoto¹, B. Pietra², S. Auerbach¹

6:00pm-7:00pm

The Use Of First-year Intravascular Ultrasound In The Tacrolimus Era In Heart Transplantation

S. Dimbil¹, M. Kittleson¹, J. Patel¹, D. Geft¹, R. Cheng¹, R. Levine¹, T. Sato¹, L. Czer¹, R. Zabner², P. Zakowski², J. A. Kobashigawa¹, B. Azarbal¹

6:00pm-7:00pm

Unfair Waiting Time Calculation? Impact of Accumulated Wait Time Restart with a Decrease in Status from 1A to 1B or 2 on Mortality of Heart Transplant Candidates

S. Yu, M. Kosztowski, M. Waldram, D. L. Segev, A. B. Massie

6:00pm-7:00pm

Utility of Gallium-67 Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography in the Evaluation of Left Ventricular Assist Device Infections

F. Parkar¹, A. Tlamsa², J. Nistico², V. A. Muggia², G. Y. Minamoto², U. Jorde³, D. J. Goldstein³, R. Moadel¹, Y. A. Puius²

6:00pm-7:00pm

What is the Post-Heart Transplant Risk of Infectious Complications from Pre-Transplant Desensitization Therapy?

E. Kransdorf, J. Patel, S. Dimbil, R. Levine, D. H. Chang, J. A. Kobashigawa