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Articles tagged "Angiography"

  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    More Than Meets the Eye: The Use of Serial Intravascular Ultrasound for Assessment of Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy after Heart Transplantation

    Y. Moayedi1, C. Fan2, M. Tremblay-Gravel1, R. J. Miller1, M. Kawana1, J. Parizo1, G. Oro1, R. Wainwright1, H. I. Luikart1, N. D'Emilio1, J. Gordon1, R. Kameda1, M. Ikutomi1, C. Manlhiot1, W. F. Fearon1, H. J. Ross1, K. K. Khush1, J. J. Teuteberg1

    1Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, 2University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

    *Purpose: Cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV) is the “Achilles heel” of long-term survival after heart transplantation. While conventional coronary angiography is recognised as the standard for…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Post-Liver Transplant Atrial Fibrillation is Associated with Markedly Reduced Short- and Long-Term Patient Survival

    R. Rachwan1, I. Kutkut1, T. J. Hathaway2, L. R. Timsina2, M. S. Ghabril3, M. A. Lacerda3, C. A. Kubal2, P. D. Bourdillon4, R. S. Mangus2

    1Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 2Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 3Gastroenterology/Hepatology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 4Cardiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN

    *Purpose: Postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) is the most common perioperative cardiac arrhythmia. Data regarding POAF following liver transplant (LT) is scarce. In the immediate post-LT…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Protocol Cardiac Cathaterization in Renal Transplant Candidates

    D. B. Leeser1, C. B. Stone2, A. Maldonado2, D. L. Morris3, K. L. McLawhorn2, H. B. Jones2

    1Surgery, East Carolina Univ Sch of Med, Greenville, NC, 2Transplanation, Vidant Medical Center, Greenville, NC, 3Cardiology, East Carolina Univ Sch of Med, Greenville, NC

    *Purpose: Appropriate cardiac evaluation prior to kidney transplantation is controversial. The following retrospective analysis was performed to evaluate the value of performing cardiac catheterization on…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography is a Poor Predictor of Clinically Significant Coronary Artery Disease in Patients Undergoing Liver Transplant Evaluation

    D. L. Hughes1, J. Rice1, J. R. Burton1, E. A. Pomfret2, J. J. Pomposelli2, A. V. Ambardekar3, S. M. Mandell4, M. S. Kriss1

    1Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, University of Colorado School of Medicine (UCSOM), Aurora, CO, 2Division of Transplant Surgery, UCSOM, Aurora, CO, 3Division of Cardiology, UCSOM, Aurora, CO, 4Department of Anesthesiology, UCSOM, Aurora, CO

    *Purpose: Given the high incidence of major cardiac events in the first year post-liver transplantation (LT) (>30%), the aim of this study was to determine…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Balloon-Occluded Retrograde Transvenous Obliteration (BRTO) for the Treatment of Medically Refractory Hepatic Encephalopathy (HE) in Patients with ESLD and Significant Portal-Venous Shunting

    N. Presser, J. DiNorcia, V. Agopian, H. Yersiz, D. Farmer, R. Busuttil, F. Kaldas.

    Liver and Pancreas Transplantation, Dumont-UCLA Liver Transplant Center, Los Angeles, CA.

    Background: Patients with medical refractory HE represent a challenging group of patients. Plagued by repeated hospitalizations, long lengths of stay (LOS) and high healthcare costs,…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    The Combination of pAMR and Circulating Donor-Specific Antibodies is Even More Associated with Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy after Heart Transplant

    J. Patel, M. Kittleson, E. Kransdorf, S. Dimbil, R. Levine, D. Geft, D. Chang, L. Czer, J. Kobashigawa.

    Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles.

    Purpose: Several reports have correlated the development of donor-specific antibody (DSA) to the development of cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV) after heart transplantation (HTx). Interestingly, patients…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Angioplasty versus Stent in the Treatment of Transplant Renal Artery Stenosis.

    L.-X. Chen,1 G. Fananapazir,2 H. Bang,3 M. Gandhi,1 M. Alnimri,1 B. Gallay,1 A. De Mattos.1

    1Transplant Nephrology, UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA; 2Radiology, UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA; 3Biostatistics, UC Davis School of Medicine, Davis, CA

    Objective: To compare restenosis rates and treatment efficacy between percutaneous transluminal angioplasty and stent placement in the treatment of transplant renal artery stenosis.Methods: We conducted…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Endovascular Management of Transplant Renal Artery Stenosis: A Safe and Effective Treatment.

    A. Cavalcanti,1 M. Durao,1,2 B. Santos,1,2 E. Tonato,1,2 M. Doher,2 N. Guimaraes-Souza,1,2 L. Moreira Valle,1 B. Affonso,1 F. Nasser,1 A. Pacheco-Silva.1,2

    1Nephrology, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil; 2Nephrology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

    Background:Transplant Renal Artery Stenosis (TRAS) is a low incidence complication, but if untreated, can lead to graft failure, refractory hypertension (HT) and reduced life expectancy.…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Renal Allograft Outcomes with Renal Artery Angioplasty and/or Stenting in Transplant Renal Artery Stenosis.

    E. Tantisattamo,1 A. Chokechanachaisakul,2 S. Pitukweerakul,3 P. Ratanasrimetha,4 A. Shetty,2 O. Traitanon,5 L. Gallon.2

    1Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, Royal Oak, MI; 2Northwestern University, Chicago, IL; 3Presence St. Francis Hospital, Evanston, IL; 4Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand; 5Thammasart University Hospital, Pathumthani, Thailand.

    Background: The renal allograft function and blood pressure (BP) control after renal artery angioplasty±stenting for transplant renal artery stenosis (TRAS) is unclear. We aim to…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Planning Genitourinary Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation: A Pre-Operative Imaging Protocol.

    I. Schol, T. Drijkoningen, G. Choy, R. Liu, C. Tanrikut, P. Holzer, D. Ko, C. Cetrulo.

    Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.

    Study purpose: To define the ideal pre-operative imaging protocol necessary for proper planning of a genitourinary vascularised composite allotransplantation (GUVCA) procedure.Methods: The multidisciplinary GUVCA team…
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