2020 American Transplant Congress
Double or Nothing: Reducing Organ Discards by Preemptive Dualization of ‘at Risk’ Single Kidney Offers
*Purpose: The purpose of this study is to evaluate a protocol designed to (1) enhance early identification of “at risk” single kidney offers (SKO) and…2020 American Transplant Congress
Marginal Not So Marginal Anymore: Time for New Definitions for “Marginal” Allografts in Liver Transplantation?
1Medical Student, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 2Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
*Purpose: We examined time trends in the outcomes of patients who received marginal liver allografts defined on the basis of the Donor Risk Index [DRI]…2020 American Transplant Congress
Age-Enhanced Transplant Vasculopathy Associates with Impaired Vascular Mitophagy
*Purpose: Donor aging leads to increased chronic allograft vasculopathy (CAV) for unclear reasons. Here, we investigated whether impaired alterations in mitophagy, a mechanism to remove…2020 American Transplant Congress
Liver Transplant with Donation after Cardiac Death versus Donation after Brain Death Donors: Survival and Outcomes at 10 Years
1Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, 2Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
*Purpose: This observational study utilizes the SRTR database to assess liver transplant outcomes after Donation after Cardiac Death (DCD) versus Donation after Brain Death (DBD)…2020 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Liver Graft Preservation Methods on the Gut Microbiome and Metabolome
*Purpose: Normothermic ex-vivo liver perfusion (NEVLP) is a powerful platform for organ preservation and assessment. It induces metabolic reactivation that potentially helps clear accumulated toxic…2020 American Transplant Congress
A Simple Scoring System for Risk Stratification in Liver Transplantation after Donor Liver Biopsy
Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Macrosteatosis (MaS) identified on donor liver biopsy (DLBx) influences organ utilization but alone is not predictive of outcomes following liver transplantation (LT). Here we…2020 American Transplant Congress
Safely Increasing the Number of Renal Transplants Performed in a Small Center Through the Use of Acute Kidney Injury Donors
*Purpose: New Mexico is medically underserved state with a significant end-stage renal disease population. This study aims to further demonstrate the safety of utilizing AKI…2020 American Transplant Congress
Hepatologist and Surgeon Experiences Counseling Liver Transplant Candidates for an Organ Offer Decision
*Purpose: Liver transplant candidates receive counseling during evaluations to understand donor risk factors. After long periods on the waitlist, candidates who receive an offer for…2020 American Transplant Congress
Highly Effective Short Course Therapy to Prevent Infection after Transplantation from HCV-Infected Organ Donors to Uninfected Recipients across Multiple Organ Types
*Purpose: An increasing percentage of potential organ donors are infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV). Establishment of HCV infection in uninfected recipients is near-universal with…2020 American Transplant Congress
Comparison of Specificity and Sensitivity of Clinical Viability Criteria to Assess Transplantability of High-Risk Donor Livers
*Purpose: Normothermic machine perfusion (NMP) of the liver allows objective assessment before transplantation. To date, Birmingham (BC), Cambridge (CC) and Groningen Criteria (GC; Table 1A)…
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