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Articles tagged "Donors, non-heart-beating"

  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    The Acuity Circle Allocation Policy is Associated with Worse Graft Survival After Liver Transplant with Donation After Circulatory Death Donors in Low-MELD Centers

    T. Kitajima1, T. Ivanics2, D. Moonka1, M. Shamaa1, A. Mohamed3, S. Shimada1, K. Collins4, M. Rizzari1, A. Yoshida1, M. Abouljoud4, S. Nagai1

    1Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, 2Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, 3Department of Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, 4Henry Ford Transplant Institute, Detroit, MI

    *Purpose: Liver allocation in the United States was updated in February of 2020, with introduction of the acuity circle (AC) model. However, the effect of…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    An In Depth Assessment of Unsuccessful DCD Donor Procurement Attempts: Areas for Improvement

    M. Rosenzweig, M. Finotti, E. Martinez, S. Lee, A. Gupta, A. Wall, J. Bayer, H. Fernandez, N. Onaca, R. Ruiz, G. J. McKenna

    Baylor Simmons Transplant Institute, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX

    *Purpose: DCD donors are a key way to expand allograft supply but an aggressive strategy of pursuing DCD liver allografts is associated with significant number…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Does Machine Perfusion of Heart for Donation After Cardiac Death (DCD) Transplantation Affect Other Organ Outcomes?

    R. Misawa1, K. Okumura2, H. Sogawa1, G. Veillette1, A. Dhand3, R. Bodin4, D. C. Wolf4, B. Partiula4, D. John1, T. Diflo5, S. Nishida1

    1Department of Surgery, Transplant, Westchester Medical Center/New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, 2Surgery, Westchester Medical Center/New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, 3Department of Medicine, Westchester Medical Center/New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, 4Medicine, Westchester Medical Center/New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, 5Westchester Medical Center/New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY

    *Purpose: Machine perfusion of heart for donation after cardiac death (DCD) transplants is being increasingly utilized. Initial protocol of the heart machine perfusion for the…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Liver and Kidney Transplantation from Donation After Circulatory Death Heart Donors in the US: Better Early Outcomes with Normothermic Regional Perfusion versus Cold Flush

    M. Rosenzweig1, R. Ruiz2, E. Martinez1, A. Gupta1, H. Fernandez1, S. Lee1, N. Onaca1, J. Bayer1, G. J. McKenna1, T. Ma1, G. Testa3, A. Wall1

    1Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 2Baylor University Medical Center, Fort Worth, TX, 3Baylor Dallas, Dallas, TX

    *Purpose: Donation after circulatory death (DCD) heart donation is increasingly common in the US. The two methods for DCD heart donation are normothermic regional perfusion…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    The Feasibility of Changing HCC MELD Exception Criteria to an Exclusive DCD-Only Option: A Strategy to Increase DCD Utilization

    G. J. McKenna, P. Schultz, M. Finotti, M. Rosenzweig, A. Gupta, S. H. Lee, A. Wall, E. Martinez, J. Bayer, H. Fernandez, N. Onaca, R. Ruiz, G. Testa

    Baylor Simmons Transplant Institute, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX

    *Purpose: Outcomes of DCD liver transplantation is comparable to DBD but routine utilization of DCD liver grafts is surprisingly uneven in the US. A more…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Increased Use of DCD Liver Grafts Does Not Adversely Affect Outcomes: A Single-Center Experience

    M. Finotti, G. McKenna, H. Fernandez, J. Bayer, S. Lee, E. Martinez, N. Onaca, G. Saracino, R. Ruiz, G. Testa, A. Wall, A. Gupta

    Baylor University Medical Center/Baylor Simmons Transplant Institute, Dallas, TX

    *Purpose: Donation after circulatory death (DCD) donors are underutilized in liver transplantation (LT), partly due to fear of inferior outcomes. Our center has evolved from…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Post-Transplant Outcomes and Financial Burden in Donation After Cardiac Death Donor Liver Transplant After the Implementation of Acuity Circle Allocation Policy

    S. Shimada, T. Shamaa, T. Ivanics, T. Kitajima, M. Adhnan, K. Collins, M. Rizzari, A. Yoshida, M. Abouljoud, S. Nagai

    Division of Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI

    *Purpose: The use of donation after cardiac death (DCD) donor liver grafts has been increasing in many transplant centers after introducing the acuity circles (AC)…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Outcomes of Kidney Transplant Recipients (KTRs) Comparing Brain Dead Donors’ vs Donation After Cardiac Death Stratified by KDPI, Focus on Marginal Kidneys: A UNOS Database Analysis

    B. Chopra1, K. K. Sureshkumar1, D. Rajasundaram2, E. C. Rodrigo3

    1Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA, 2UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA, 3University Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain

    *Purpose: In deceased donor kidney transplantation (DDKT), donation after cardiac death (DCD) is associated with increased cytokine release and renal tubular injury with consequent increase…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Utilization of Pre-Procurement Donor Liver Biopsy in Donation-after-circulatory-Death Liver Transplantation

    A. C. Bolognese1, N. Neidlinger1, C. Sparks2, A. Schneider2, A. M. D'Alessandro1, D. P. Foley1

    1Department of Surgery, Division of Transplantation, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, 2UW Organ and Tissue Donation, Madison, WI

    *Purpose: Careful selection of suitable DCD donor livers is critical to obtain optimal transplant outcomes. In order to identify potentially suitable livers prior to DCD…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Impact of Transplant Center Volume on Utilization of and Outcomes Following Donation After Circulatory Death Liver Transplantation in the United States

    S. Kumar1, S. Lin2, J. D. Schold2

    1Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 2Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH

    *Purpose: Despite increased utilization of donation after circulatory death (DCD) grafts in the US, impact of center volume on DCD liver transplantation (LT) remains unclear.…
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