2018 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Donor Age on Outcomes after Living Donor Liver Transplantation
Background: Liver transplantation (LT) is a curative treatment for decompensated cirrhosis and fulminant hepatitis. Although not a few patients received LT with marginal donor livers…2018 American Transplant Congress
Prolonged Graft Survival in Old Recipients is Abrogated by Immunosuppressive Treatment with CTLA4-Ig
Although they represent a rapidly growing population, elderly organ transplant recipients are underrepresented in clinical trials. Age-specific aspects of established immunosuppressants are therefore poorly understood.Here,…2018 American Transplant Congress
The Effect of Donor Nephrectomy in the Older Living Kidney Donor: Single Centre Experience
West Lodnon Renal and Transplant Centre, Imperial College NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom.
Background. Living kidney donor transplantation is the best treatment for ESRD and considered safe for the donor. We aimed to investigate short and medium-term outcomes…2018 American Transplant Congress
Effect of Belatacept on Late Acute Rejection Episodes and Graft Loss in Young Adults between the Ages of 18-24 Years: Post-Hoc Analysis of BENEFIT Study
Nephrology, Children National Health System, Washington, DC.
Background: Recent data suggests higher incidence of late acute rejection (LAR) in young adults (18-24 years of age) causing graft loss just like adolescents due…2018 American Transplant Congress
Trends, Patterns, and Recipient Outcomes of Kidney Transplants from Older (>60) Living Donors. A UNOS Database Analysis
Indiana University, Indianapolis.
Backgroud: The selection of older donors (>60 years) has become more common. Our aim was to analyze the recent national trends of such donors and…2018 American Transplant Congress
Facilitators and Barriers to Patient Portal Use among Pre- and Post-Kidney Transplant Patients at an Urban Center in the United States
Background: As health information becomes digitized it is critical to understand the nuances of patient technology use in order to promote the use of electronic…2018 American Transplant Congress
Waiting for the Optimal Donor for MCS Patients Awaiting Heart Transplant
Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles.
Purpose: Patients (pts) bridged with mechanical circulatory support (MCS) may require more optimal donors for best outcome compared to non-bridged transplant recipients. MCS pts have…2018 American Transplant Congress
Experiences, Perceptions, and Concerns about Successful Aging among KT Candidates and Recipients
Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.
Background: In the context of a growing number of older ESRD patients, we aimed to understand experiences, perceptions, and concerns about successful aging (SA) among…2018 American Transplant Congress
Autophagy Impacts Specificity and Characteristics of Innate Alloimmune Responses in Aging
Transplant Surgery Research Lab, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA.
Aging and chronic antigen exposure shape the balance of innate and adaptive immunity. We hypothesized that autophagy will impact the homeostasis of innate and adaptive…2018 American Transplant Congress
Transplant Trends in Young Adults: Silent Alcohol Epidemic
1Gastroenterology, USF, Tampa; 2Transplant Hepatology, Tampa General Medical Group, Tampa.
With the introduction of effective antiviral therapy for HCV, there is a paradigm shift in liver disease with a decline in HCV but a parallel…
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