2018 American Transplant Congress
Evolving Etiologies for Readmissions and Their Impact on Graft Survival in Kidney Transplantation
Background: Although readmissions after kidney transplant are a well-known risk factor for graft loss, it is unclear if certain etiologies are associated with poorer outcomes…2018 American Transplant Congress
Post-Transplant Outcomes under the New HCC Exception Policy
Surgery, Johns Hopkins Medical Institute, Baltimore, MD.
In October 2015, OPTN implemented a new policy for liver allocation, under which hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients receive exception points only after a 6-month delay.…2018 American Transplant Congress
Increased Risk of Early Graft Loss in Pancreas Transplant: A Retrospective Review of the UNOS Database
Introduction: Pancreas transplant is an established cure for Type 1 diabetes. Nonetheless, early graft loss is not infrequent. We sought to analyze all of the…2018 American Transplant Congress
Facial Allotransplantation: An Early Look at OPTN Data
Craniofacial Vascularized Composite Allograft (VCA) transplantation is a developing area in the field of transplantation. Thirteen craniofacial transplants have been performed in the US since…2018 American Transplant Congress
Antiproteinuric Effect of Spironolactone in Renal Transplantation: Effectiveness and Clinical Outcomes
University of Campinas, Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Background: aldosterone is involved in development of fibrosis in kidney transplantation. Blockade of aldosterone receptor appears to be effective in treatment for chronic allograft dysfunction,…2018 American Transplant Congress
Relationship between Living Kidney Donor Follow-Up GFR and Recipient Graft Loss
In living kidney transplantation, it is reasonable to believe a donated kidney's function would be associated with the function of the donor's remaining kidney. Indeed,…2018 American Transplant Congress
The Likelihood of Re-Transplantation in Patients Undergoing Allograft Nephrectomy
Introduction: transplant nephrectomy (NX) is a known cause of allosensitisation after graft failure. As yet, there is no consensus for the management of the patient…2018 American Transplant Congress
Acute Murine CMV Infection Results in Loss of Intragraft CD73HIFR4HIPD1+ CD4 T Cells and Graft Rejection in Previously Tolerant Recipients
Background: Transplantation tolerance in human recipients has been achieved in recent trials. Nevertheless, the impact of highly prevalent and clinically relevant cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection on…2018 American Transplant Congress
Scoring Transplant Glomerulopathy Using Morphometry: Correlation with Banff Criteria
William J.von Liebig Transplant Center, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
Background: Transplant glomerulopathy (TG) is a prognostic marker for graft survival. Still, scoring TG using the Banff cg-score remains a challenge and no assessments in…2018 American Transplant Congress
The Association between Transplant Glomerulopathy and Graft Outcomes among Patients Undergoing Kidney Transplantation: Results of a Meta-Analysis
Transplant glomerulopathy (TG) can lead to irreversible kidney damage. TG is recognized as a surrogate marker for poor outcomes, including graft failure and loss among…
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