2016 American Transplant Congress
Common Iliac Artery Stenosis: An Often Overlooked Cause of Graft Dysfunction.
Nephrology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Transplant renal artery stenosis (TRAS) has been an increasingly recognized complication post kidney transplantation, and a potentially reversible cause for hypertension and allograft dysfunction. This…2016 American Transplant Congress
Predicting Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease in Asymptomatic Patients Undergoing Renal Transplantation Using a Simple Risk Score.
Imperial College Kidney and Transplant Centre, Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
PurposeCoronary angiography in asymptomatic patients with End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) shows significant Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) (stenosis >50%) in 37-53% of patients. We have…2015 American Transplant Congress
Re-Evaluate the Transplant Renal Artery Stenosis After Renal Transplantation Based On New Unenhanced Magnetic Resonance Angiography By Using Spatial Labeling With Multiple Inversion Pulses
Transplant renal artery stenosis (TRAS) after renal transplantation was underestimated because of the low sensitivity of ultrasound and the contrast induced renal damage on the…2015 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes Following Endovascular Treatment of Hepatic Artery Stenosis Following Liver Transplantation
Endovascular treatment of hepatic artery stenosis (HAS) after liver transplantation offers a less invasive alternative to surgical revision or retransplantation. However, outcomes following endovascular treatment…2015 American Transplant Congress
Endovascular Salvage of a Pancreas Allograft Having Developed a Large AV Fistula and Aneurysm
1Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ; 2Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ.
We present an unusual case of a late, large pancreas allograft arteriovenous fistula and aneurysm rescued from threatened rupture or need for transplant pancreatectomy by…2015 American Transplant Congress
Paired-Donor Exchange Unrelated Living Donor Renal Transplantation With Two Separate Arterial Anastomoses to a Simultaneously Placed Vascular Prosthetic Interposition Graft in an Irradiated Field
BackgroundLack of suitable sites for arterial anastomoses presents a distinct challenge for renal transplantation in patients with significant peripheral arterial occlusive disease.MethodsWe present a case…2015 American Transplant Congress
Clinical and Radiological Predictors of Transplant Renal Artery Stenosis (TRAS)
Elevated peak systolic velocity (PSV) on Doppler ultrasound at the transplant renal artery (TRA) does not always correlate with true transplant renal artery stenosis (TRAS)…2015 American Transplant Congress
Deleterious Effects in Kidney Transplant Outcomes With Pre-Organ Procurement Iodine Contrast Exposure
Background: Iodine contrast exposure is well known to cause acute kidney injury. When contrast exposure is added to hemodynamic ischemic injury its adverse effects on…2015 American Transplant Congress
Negative Exercise Myocardial Perfusion Scintigraphy Discards Silent Coronary Artery Disease in High Cardiovascular Risk Patients Awaiting for Kidney Transplantation
Study Purpose:Screening for silent coronary artery disease (SCAD) in patients awaiting kidney transplantation is still controversial. Indeed, guidelines of some scientific societies show important discrepancies.…2015 American Transplant Congress
Modeling the Clinical and Cost-Effectiveness of Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography With Confirmatory Coronary Angiography for the Diagnosis of Pediatric Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy
The Cardiac Center, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA.
Purpose: Cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV) is a leading cause of long-term mortality after pediatric heart transplantation. The gold standard of diagnosis is coronary angiography, an…
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