Articles tagged "Graft failure"

2019 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Extra-Anatomical Hepatic Artery Reconstruction during Living Donor Transplantation on Biliary Complications and Graft and Patient Survival
Y. Chung, J. Kim, S. Kim, J. Rhu, S. Lee, K. Lee, S. Lee, G. Choi, J. Park, S. Kim, J. Joh, S. Lee
Transplantation, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: This study was designed to analyze the feasibility of extra-anatomical hepatic artery reconstruction in living donor liver transplantation.*Methods: Patients who underwent their first living…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Non-Immunologic Donor-Recipient Pairing, HLA Matching, and Graft Loss in Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation
A. Vinson¹, B. Kiberd¹, R. Davis², K. Tennankore¹
¹Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada, ²Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
*Purpose: In kidney transplantation, non-immunologic donor-recipient (D-R) pairing is generally not given the same consideration as immunologic matching. The aim of this study was to…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Association between Recipient Sex and Risk of Heart Graft Failure
A. Chackowicz¹, X. Zhang², M. Dahhou², R. Sapir-Pichhadze³, H. Cardinal⁴, B. Foster⁵
¹Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ³Dept. of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁴Dept. of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁵Dept. of Pediatrics, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
*Purpose: Previous studies of sex differences in heart transplant outcomes focused on interactions between donor and recipient sex, but did not consider the potentially modifying…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Clinical Features of IgA Nephropathy Recurrence after Kidney Transplantation
H. HIGUCHI¹, K. Hotta², H. Harada¹, Y. Wada¹, A. Mitsuke¹, D. Iwami², N. Shinohara²
¹Urology and Kidney transplant surgery, Sapporo General Hospital, Sapporo, Japan, ²Urology, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
*Purpose: Recurrence of IgA nephropathy (IgAN) is one of the major cause of kidney graft loss. The clinical features of disease recurrence after kidney transplantation…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome Concomitant Complement Factor H Gene Variations Leading to Early Renal Allograft Loss: Multicenter Cases Report from China
J. Wen¹, Z. Jin², N. Gong³, X. Xu⁴
¹Jinling Hospital, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, ²Department of Renal Transplantation, The First Affiliated Hospital of Medical College,Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi 'an, China, ³Organ Transplantation, Organ Transplantation Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China, ⁴The First Hospital Affiliated to Army Medical University, Beijing, China
*Purpose: The ratio of early renal allograft loss caused by hyperacute rejection, severe surgical complications and sever infection decreased gradually during recent years. Atypical hemolytic…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Indicators of Impending Pig Organ Xenograft Failure: Relevance to Clinical Xenotransplantation
H. Iwase¹, A. Jagdale¹, T. Yamamoto¹, G. Zhang¹, Q. Li¹, J. Foote¹, D. Ayares², H. Hara¹, D. K. Cooper¹
¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²Revivicor, Inc., Blacksburg, VA
*Purpose: In pig-to-baboon organ xenotransplantation, coagulation dysfunction and inflammation have been suggested to be associated with acute humoral xenograft rejection. We have evaluated platelet counts,…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Cognitive Function & Risk Of Adverse Outcomes In Kidney Transplant Candidates
N. Chu¹, Z. Shi¹, H. Ying¹, C. Haugen¹, S. Norman², D. Segev¹, M. McAdams-DeMarco¹
¹JHU, Baltimore, MD, ²Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI
*Purpose: With a high prevalence of cognitive impairment and underreported dementia--severe cognitive impairment that impairs activities of daily living--patients with ESRD may have reduced chance…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Response to Treatment in Kidney Recipients with Acute T Cell-Mediated Rejection: Major Impact of Inflammation in Sclerotic Cortical Parenchyma (i-IF/TA) and Donor-Specific Antibodies
Y. Bouatou, D. Viglietti, D. Pievani, J. Duong Van Huyen, O. Aubert, D. Glotz, C. Legendre, A. Loupy, C. Lefaucheur
Paris Translational Research Center for Organ Transplantation, Paris, France
*Purpose: The recent recognition of chronic TCMR phenotypes has fostered the need to better evaluate the response of acute TCMR to standard-of-care treatment.*Methods: Among 2905…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Role of Kidney Biopsy in Simultaneous Heart-Kidney Transplantation
P. B. Shah¹, M. A. Josephson¹, K. Henriksen², A. Chang²
¹Nephrology, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL, ²Pathology, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Simultaneous heart-kidney (SHK) transplantation has superior post-transplant survival compared to heart transplantation alone in end-stage heart failure patients who have dialysis dependent or non-dialysis…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Outcome of Renal Transplantation in Systemic Amyloidosis
S. Law¹, L. Helen², T. Resk², A. Wechalekar², J. Gillmore², R. Motallebzadeh¹
¹Renal Medicine, Royal Free Hospital, London, United Kingdom, ²UCL Division of Medicine, National Amyloidosis Centre, London, United Kingdom
*Purpose: Systemic amyloidosis accounts for approximately 0.8% of end stage renal disease (ESRD) in the UK. Outcomes following renal transplantation in systemic amyloidosis were historically…