2015 American Transplant Congress
Weight Loss, But Not Weight Gain Is a Risk Factor for Graft Loss After Kidney Transplantation
Division of Nephrology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Weight gain is common after kidney transplantation. In this analysis of n=92,688 adult 1st kidney transplant recipients with graft survival of ≥ 1 year between…2015 American Transplant Congress
Can the Need for Graft Nephrectomy After Late Renal Transplant Failure Be Predicted?
Nephrology, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands.
Introduction: Graft nephrectomy is universally recommended when graft survival is less than 6 months. In case of later graft failure it is not always necessary…2015 American Transplant Congress
Serum Phosphorus Level Has Bidirectional Association With Graft Failure and Mortality in Kidney Transplant Recipients
Hyperphosphatemia in kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) is known to predict a graft and patient survival in several studies. However, studies concerned with hypophosphatemia are scarce.…2015 American Transplant Congress
Passive Administration of Antibodies to Cardiac Myosin Immediately Following Syngenic Cardiac Transplantation Result in Rejection
Surgery, Washington Univ Sch of Med, St. Louis, MO.
Introduction: Auto-immune responses to cardiac myosin, a heart specific protein has been proposed to be a target auto-antigen resulting in cardiac allograft vasculopathy following transplantation.…2015 American Transplant Congress
Long-Term Outcome of Liver Transplant Recipients (OLT) With Hepatitis C Recurrence (HCVR) Who Achieved Postoperative Sustained Virologic Response (SVR) After Combination Antiviral Therapy (Rx) With and Without the Use of Telaprevir (TVR): A Single Center Experience
Liver Institute, Methodist Dallas Medical Center, Dallas, TX.
Aim: Liver allografts of viremic OLT have a higher risk of failure. Timely intervention is necessary. However, long-term outcome reports, especially using newer agents, is…2015 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Transplant Outcomes in Patients With Amyloidosis
Objective: Analyze kidney allograft outcomes in patients with kidney failure due to amyloidosis, and compare kidney transplant survival to patients with other causes of kidney…2015 American Transplant Congress
Attenuating Racial Disparities in Kidney Transplantation Through the Use of Potent Immunosuppression Regimens
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC.
African-American (AA) kidney transplant (KTX) recipients have higher rates of graft loss, which may be partially attributed to higher immunologic risk. The aim of this…2015 American Transplant Congress
B7-H1 Deficiency in Liver Allografts Leads to CD8-Mediated Acute Vascular Rejection
The liver is a unique organ in that it is accepted across complete MHC mismatch in allotransplantation in a number of species. The mechanisms behind…2015 American Transplant Congress
Allograft Enterectomy as a Life-Saving Procedure and Salvage for Retransplantation
Transplant Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN.
Background: Allgraftectomy after solid organ transplantation is usually performed as a palliative therapy. After isolated intestinal transplantation (IIT), allograft enterectomy is sometimes necessary as a…2015 American Transplant Congress
A Joint Survival Longitudinal Approach to Better Assess the Etiological Role of Risk Factors of Kidney Transplant Graft Failure
Background. Although risk factors of graft failure after renal transplantation have been widely considered, it is difficult to distinguish their etiological role: a direct association…
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