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Articles tagged "Echocardiography"

  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Less is More. Extensive Cardiac Investigations Add Little Value in Waitlisting Patients for Kidney Transplantation

    B. Chow1, M. Khurram2, E. Capuano2, F. Pugliese2, M. Yaqoob2, I. Mohamed2

    1Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, United Kingdom, 2Department of Renal and Transplantation, Royal London Hospital, Bart's Health NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom

    *Purpose: Extensive cardiac investigations have long been considered necessary to aid decision-making in waitlisting for kidney transplantation. However, the utility and reliability of such comprehensive…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Cardiovascular Assessment After Kidney Transplantation in Children and Adolescents

    J. Liu, L. Zhang, X. Li, L. Zhu, Y. Lin, X. He, L. Liu, J. Li, C. Wang, S. Li

    The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China

    *Purpose: End-stage renal disease is often accompanied by cardiovascular events, and cardiovascular events still exist after kidney transplantation. Cardiovascular disease is the main cause of…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Changes in Diastolic Function and Cardiac Geometry After Pediatric Kidney Transplant: A Longitudinal Study

    K. Sgambat1, S. Clauss2, A. Moudgil1

    1Nephrology, Children's National Hospital, Washington DC, DC, 2Cardiology, Children's National Hospital, Washington DC, DC

    *Purpose: Kidney transplant recipients are at increased risk for cardiovascular disease but systolic function is often preserved and may not reveal cardiac dysfunction until it…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Impact of Kidney Transplant on Post-Operative Morbidity and Mortality in Patients with Pre-Existing Cardiac Conditions (Low Ejection Fraction): A Case Series

    A. Kumar, C. Naso, D. Bacon, D. Gerber

    Abdominal Transplant Surgery, UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC

    *Purpose: Patients with underlying cardiac diseases have higher morbidity and mortality as compared to the patients without any cardiac diseases. There has been a number…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Evolution of Pretransplant Cardiac Risk Factor Burden and Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events in Liver Transplant Recipients Over Time

    C. Harrington, P. Levy, E. Cabrera, J. Gao, D. Gregory, C. Padilla, G. Crespo, L. VanWagner

    Northwestern Medicine, Chicago, IL

    *Purpose: The aim of this study is to evaluate the evolution of MACE and pre-LT cardiac risk factors in LTRs over time.*Methods: This is a…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Kidney Transplantation in Patients with Severe Pulmonary Hypertension: Not an Absolute Contraindication?

    B. Prajapati1, D. Gumber2, I. Moinuddin1, C. Bhati1, G. Gupta1, D. Grinnan3, D. Kumar1

    1Nephrology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, 2Cardiology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, 3Pulmonology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

    *Purpose: Severe pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) as defined by a pulmonary artery systolic pressure (PASP) >50mmHg is associated with high peri-operative mortality and thus is…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Association of Belatacept Conversion on Patient and Allograft Survival in Kidney Transplant Recipients with Congestive Heart Failure

    H. Mogallapalli

    Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI

    *Purpose: Calcineurin inhibitors (CNI) exert deleterious effect on cardiovascular risk in kidney transplant recipients (KTRs). Belatacept conversion may reduce CV risk in KTRs. We hypothesized…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Intensivist-Performed Transesophageal Echocardiography as a Screen for Organ Donation: A Four-Year, Single-Center Experience

    K. M. Madden1, T. C. Wray2, K. Rainbird1, I. Tawil2, T. Dettmer2, K. Azevedo2, R. Venkataramani3, J. Marinaro2

    1New Mexico Donor Services, Albuquerque, NM, 2Emergency Medicine, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM, 3Anesthesiology, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM

    *Purpose: Echocardiography is required for deceased heart donation, and transthoracic echocardiography is the traditional practice. At our institution, intensivists perform transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) and since…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    The Utility of PET/ CT Testing in Cardiac Risk Stratification of Adult Liver Transplant Candidates

    M. A. Tincopa1, R. Weinberg1, S. Sengupta1, J. Slivnick2, J. Corbett1, C. Sonnenday1, R. Fontana1, P. Sharma1

    1Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 2Internal Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

    *Purpose: Optimal cardiovascular (CV) risk stratification in liver transplant (LT) candidates remains unclear. The aim of this study was to assess concordance and utility of…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Peri-operative Liver Transplant Anesthesia Practice Patterns in the United States

    C. Crouch1, A. Hendrickse1, W. Stoll2, C. Sullivan3, M. Kaufman4, E. Pivalizza5, D. Damian6, D. Sellers7, M. Little8, S. McCluskey7, S. Kumar9, L. De Marchi10, S. Sridhar5, T. Sakai6

    1Department of Anesthesiology, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, 2Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, 3Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 4Lahey Health, Burlington, MA, 5University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, 6University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 7University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, 8University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, 9University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 10Georgetown University, Washington DC, DC

    *Purpose: Transplant anesthesiology is an evolving subspecialty and has not been the subject of an overall review of practice patterns in the United States since…
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