2017 American Transplant Congress
Age and Race Disparities Among Pediatric and Adult Cystic Fibrosis Lung Transplant Recipients.
Pediatric cystic fibrosis (CF) patients have a post-lung transplant survival disadvantage compared to adults. However, whether race and age are risk factors associated with post-transplant…2017 American Transplant Congress
Propensity-Score Matched Comparison of Lung Transplant Recipients of Age <70 and ≥70 Years.
Purpose: To validate the utilization of lung transplantation (LTx) recently in older recipients, we compared the survival outcome of the LTx recipients of age <70…2017 American Transplant Congress
Accelerated Rejection of Secondary Third Party Allografts in Older Recipients Is Facilitated by an Augmented Innate Immune Response.
Accumulating evidence acknowledges the central relevance of aging and chronic antigen exposure in shaping the balance of innate and adaptive immunity. Here, we assessed whether…2017 American Transplant Congress
Utility of a 10-Minute Functional Test as a Predictor of Kidney Transplant (KTP) Listing.
Purpose: Frailty is a measure of physiologic reserve that has been associated with poor outcomes after kidney transplant, but its use as a predictor for…2017 American Transplant Congress
Organs with Extended Cold Ischemia Time May Offer Aged Kidney Transplant Recipients New Options in an Expanded Donor Pool.
Using data from the largest cohort of renal transplants, the aim of this study was to examine the effects of cold ischemia times (CIT) on…2017 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Transplantation in Octogenarians: The Mayo Clinic Experience.
Transplant Center, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
BackgroundKidney transplantation (KTx) is the preferred renal replacement therapy in selected individuals.There is limited data on transplantation of octogenarians. The purpose of this study was…2017 American Transplant Congress
Young African American Heart Transplant Recipients Have an Elevated Risk of Post-Transplant Mortality.
African American (AA) race is associated with worse survival among heart transplant recipients. Even after controlling for socioeconomic and clinical characteristics, racial disparities persist and…2017 American Transplant Congress
Trends in Liver Transplantation Among Older Adults with ESLD.
1Surgery, JHU, Baltimore; 2Epidemiology, JHU, Baltimore
As the population ages and as the average age of liver transplant (LT) waitlist candidates increases, understanding of the trends and outcomes is imperative for…2017 American Transplant Congress
Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease Among Older Kidney Transplant Recipients.
Background: Kidney transplantation (KT) is a growing treatment option for older ESRD patients. Older recipients may develop post-KT dementia and Alzheimer's disease (AD) associated with…2017 American Transplant Congress
Is It Safe to Use Older Donor Liver Grafts for Older Recipients?
Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
Aim: The safety of liver transplantation (LT) using older donor grafts into older recipients remains to be elucidated. The aim of this study was to…
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