2020 American Transplant Congress
Concept Discussion: Five Experimental Stages to Establish the Methodologies for Organ Farming
George Washington University, Bristow, VA
*Purpose: Most of the technologies to grow human organs in vitro already exist, but experimentation (and policy development support) will be required to ensure that:*Methods:…2020 American Transplant Congress
Living Donor Gender Disparities Vary by Donor-Recipient Familial Relationship
*Purpose: Women are more likely to be living transplant donors and less likely to be recipients. It has been difficult to distinguish how much of…2020 American Transplant Congress
Financial Analysis of Donor HCV+ Kidney in HCV- Recipients
*Purpose: Use of organs from viremic hepatitis C positive donors (dHCV+) in recipients without HCV has been demonstrated to improve access to kidney transplant (KTx).…2020 American Transplant Congress
Liver Transplantation of Donors and Recipients’ with Situs Inversus Totalis: Case Reports and Literature Review
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: Situs Inversus Totalis (SIT) is a rare condition affecting 0.1% of the general population. It was historically a contraindication for LTx and graft donation.…2020 American Transplant Congress
Why Donate to a Stranger? Exploring the Major Motivations of 31 Non-Directed (Altruistic) Living Kidney Donors
*Purpose: With the steady increase in the number of non-directed donors (NDDs) in the U.S. in the past decade, understanding their motivations may help better…2020 American Transplant Congress
Supporting “The Decision Project:” Understanding Perceptions of Organ, Eye, and Tissue Donation among Baltimore City Community Members
1Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD, 2The Living Legacy Foundation of Maryland, Halethorpe, MD
*Purpose: Using information provided by the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration (MVA), it was found that the zip code 21205 in Baltimore City had one of…2020 American Transplant Congress
The Living Donor Collective Pilot Evaluations of Living Liver Donor Candidates at 6 Programs
*Purpose: Much remains to learn regarding the long-term effects of living organ donation on donors. Rare events are important, and long-term follow-up with appropriate contemporaneous…2020 American Transplant Congress
Decision-Making, Motivations and the Donation Experience among HLA-Identical Living Kidney Donors at UCLA – A Qualitative Study
*Purpose: Studies on motivations and decision-making processes of living donors have previously identified recipient relationship, fear of loss and altruism as important modifying factors of…2020 American Transplant Congress
Trends in Living Kidney Donation in the United States
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: After peaking in 2014, the number of LKDTs per year dropped substantially in the US despite an increasing waitlist. However, trends in the KAS…2020 American Transplant Congress
Change in the Willingness of Transplant Candidates to Accept Hepatitis C Virus Positive Deceased Donor Organs in the Era of Direct-Acting Antivirals
Transplant Center, Massachusetts General Hospital，Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
*Purpose: Direct-acting antiviral (DAA) medications’ advent in 2014 very effectively changed the hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatment landscape and allowed post-transplant HCV therapy. We aimed…
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 19
- 20
- 21
- 22
- 23
- …
- 90
- Next Page »