2018 American Transplant Congress
Transplantation Tolerance Prevents CMV Reactivation and Preserves Kidney Allograft Function in a D+/R- Transplant Setting
Background: Immune responses to cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection may precipitate acute/chronic graft rejection in immunocompromised transplant recipients. CMV infection can be primary or its reactivation from…2018 American Transplant Congress
5-Year Serum Alkaline Phosphatase Levels after Kidney Transplantation is Associated with Long-Term Graft Survival and Mortality in Kidney Recipient
Background: Previous studies have attempted to identify risk factors of renal graft injury that can be used to improve long-term graft survival. Recently, higher serum…2018 American Transplant Congress
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Experience for Graft Failure after Heart Transplantation
Cardiac Surgery, Heart Center Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
INTRODUCTION:Acute graft failure is the leading cause of early mortality after heart transplantation (HTX). Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is a therapy option to treat heart…2018 American Transplant Congress
Trends of Racial and Education Disparity in Post-Kidney-Transplant Graft Survival and Patient Survival: Do Different Metrics Lead to Different Conclusions?
Background: Monitoring trends in racial and socioeconomic disparity in disease outcomes is a Healthy People 2020 priority. For some chronic disease outcomes, such as cancer…2018 American Transplant Congress
Activity Nanosensors for Early and Noninvasive Detection of Acute Organ Transplant Rejection
Purpose: We engineered activity nanosensors that sense anti-allograft T cell activity in vivo to noninvasively detect the onset of acute cellular rejection from urine.Methods: Granzyme…2018 American Transplant Congress
Bariatric Surgery before and after Kidney Transplantation: Long-Term Weight-Loss and Allograft Outcomes
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
Obesity, a critical public health issue affecting >25% of kidney transplant (KTX) candidates, is often a barrier to transplantation. Bariatric surgery is an important tool…2018 American Transplant Congress
Kidney after Liver Transplant: A Matched Pair Analysis
Surgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.
Background: Kidney after liver (KAL) transplantation is the best therapeutic option for patients with ESRD after liver transplantation (OLT). Current allocation policies create a safety…2018 American Transplant Congress
Does Pre-Operative Angiographic Kidney Embolization Decrease Complications in Allograft Nephrectomy?
Surgery, Medicine, Wake Forest Baptist Health, Winston-Salem, NC.
Introduction: Morbidity associated with allograft nephrectomy (AN) for treatment of failed or diseased kidney transplants is well documented. Pre-operative angiographic kidney embolization (PAKE), which induces…2018 American Transplant Congress
Early Graft Losses in National PKE Programs: Gone, but Lost Forever?
Background: PKE increases transplants for patients who are highly sensitized or incompatible with intended living donors. Following catastrophes like primary non-function(PNF) or early graft loss,…2018 American Transplant Congress
Lactate/platelet Ratio after Liver Transplantation; a Novel Predictor for Short-Term Graft Failure
Background; Recently, platelet count and lactate level after liver transplantation (LT) have been both separately reported as predictors of graft failure. In this study, we…
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