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Articles tagged "Biopsy"

  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Identifying the Specific Causes and the Determinants of Outcome in Kidney Recipients with Transplant Glomerulopathy: A Multicenter Study.

    O. Aubert,1 S. Higgins,1 P. Campbell,2 C. Loheac,1 D. Viglietti,1 D. Glotz,1 C. Legendre,1 C. Lefaucheur,1 B. Sis,2 J. Duong Van Huyen,1 A. Loupy.1

    1Paris Translational Research Center for Organ Transplantation, Paris, France; 2University of Edmonton, Edmonton, Canada

    BackgroundUnderstanding the specific causes of TG and its long-term consequences at population scale is lacking.MethodsThis study includes all kidney allograft biopsies performed between 2004 and…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Donor Body Mass Index and Utilization of Liver Biopsy: An Evaluation of National Practices and Organ Utilization.

    J. Steggerda,1 D. Marguiles,1 D. Malinoski,2 M. Bloom.1

    1Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA; 2Surgery, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR

    Background: As the prevalence of obesity in America increases, so has the proportion of donors with elevated body mass index (BMI). While graft steatosis >30%…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Correlation of Donor Clinical and Histopathological Characteristics with Graft Function in Kidney Transplant Recipients.

    M. Zachariah,1 C. Yip,1 M. Zachariah, I. Mallawaarachchi,2 A. Dweivedi,2 S. Patel,4 A. Gundroo,1 J. Tomaszewski,1 L. Lin,1 C. Shirley.1

    1Medicine, SUNY at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY; 2Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Texas Tech University, El Paso, TX; 3Pathology, SUNY at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY; 4Surgery, SUNY at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY

    Background: There is lack of consensus in the perceived accuracy of frozen biopsy interpretation. Interobserver variability in assessment of pre-implantation biopsies limits its value to…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Utility of Concomitant Biopsy in Simultaneous Pancreas Kidney Transplant Recipients in the Identification of Rejection of Pancreas and Kidney.

    C. Johnson, K. Johnson, B. Kaplan, M. Temkit, R. Heilman, S. Sukumaran Nair, H. Khamash, J. Huskey, G. Mour, H. Chakkera.

    Mayo Clinic Arizona, Phoenix, AZ

    Background: In simultaneous pancreas and kidney transplant (SPKTx) recipients, animal studies suggest concordant rejection rates of 88% (ref: Gruessner et al,1994). Limited information is available…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Reversibility of Acute Kidney Rejection According to the Banff 2013 Classification: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

    A. Poulin,1 M. Dorais,2 L. Sénécal,3 S. Colette,3 H. Cardinal.1

    1CRCHUM, Montreal, QC, Canada; 2Statsciences, Montreal, QC, Canada; 3HMR, Montreal, QC, Canada.

    Background: Vascular involvement of the allograft has classically been regarded as a poor prognostic factor in acute kidney graft rejection. Cell-mediated endarteritis often coexists with…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Arteriolar Hyalinosis on Renal Transplant Protocol Biopsies Is Not Associated with Tacrolimus Exposure.

    S. Yilmaz,1 D. Shaffer,2 Y. Qazi,3 F. Shihab,4 K. McCague,5 D. Patel,5 F. Vincenti.6

    1University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; 2Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN; 3University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; 4University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; 5Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, NJ; 6University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.

    Previous studies have implicated the development of arteriolar hyalinosis (AH) following kidney transplantation to chronic calcineurin inhibitor nephrotoxicity. Here, we examined the association between tacrolimus…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    The Treatment of Borderline Lesion in Protocol Biopsies Did Not Improve the Outcome in Kidney Transplant Recipients.

    A. Flores-Mendoza, L. Marino-Vazquez, A. Guichard-Romero, N. Uribe-Uribe, R. Rivera-Marfil, A. Nuñez-Abreu, J. Alberu, L. Morales-Buenrostro.

    Nephrology, Transplantation and Pathology, National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition SZ, Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico.

    Introduction. Up to 30% of patients with protocol biopsies and stable renal function have borderline lesions. His relationship with acute rejection remains uncertain, as does…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Implications of Subclinical Borderline Acute Cellular Rejection Detected in Protocol Biopsies on Graft Outcomes.

    Z. Zaky,1 C. Yu,1 N. Elfadawy,2 A. Chiesa-Vottero,1 L. Herlitz,1 S. Flechner,1 E. Poggio.1

    1Glickman Urological and Kidney institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH; 2Internal Medicine, Univ. Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, OH.

    Background: The effects of subclinical borderline acute cellular rejection (BACR-defined as I1T1 per Banff criteria) detected in protocol biopsies (Bx) on subsequent graft function and…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Renal Graft Survival According to Banff 2013 Diagnostic Categories in Indication Biopsies.

    D. Redondo-Pachón,1 C. Arias-Cabrales,1 M. Pérez-Sáez,1 J. Gimeno,2 I. Sánchez-Güerri,2 S. Bermejo,1 A. Sierra,1 C. Burballa,1 M. Mir,1 M. Crespo,1 J. Pascual.1

    1Nephrology, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain; 2Pathology, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain.

    The impact of acute rejection in kidney graft survival is well known, but the prognosis of other diagnosis is uncertain. We evaluated the frequency and…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Is Pretransplant Determination of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Tumor Grade Using Needle Biopsy Reliable for Transplant Candidate Selection? Analysis of 217 Liver Transplant Recipients.

    C. Court, M. Harlander-Locke, D. Markovic, F. Kaldas, A. Zarrinpar, D. Farmer, S. Sho, J. Tomlinson, J. Hiatt, R. Busuttil, V. Agopian, D. Lu, S. Raman.

    Department of Surgery, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.

    Objective: Despite the prognostic significance of tumor grade and vascular invasion for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), preoperative needle biopsy (PNB) is not routinely utilized…
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