2020 American Transplant Congress
Combined Heart-Liver Transplantation Has Excellent Long-Term Outcomes
*Purpose: Combined heart-liver transplants (CHLTx) have been shown to have good short-term outcomes in those with end-stage heart and liver disease: we conducted a comprehensive…2020 American Transplant Congress
Use of Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitors and Angiotensin II Receptor Blockers Therapy Prior to Kidney Transplantation Does Not Impact Recovery of Function
*Purpose: The impact of chronically administered medications for renin-angiotensin-aldosterone blockade (e.g. ACE-I, ARB), taken prior to kidney transplant (KTx), on immediate allograft function is unknown.*Methods:…2020 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Concentrations on Conversion from Twice‑Daily to Once‑Daily Tacrolimus in Stable Kidney Graft Recipients: A Single-Center Retrospective Study
Transplant Surgery, Tianjin First Central Hospital, Tian Jin, China
*Purpose: Potential benefits of once-daily tacrolimus include improved adherence to immunosuppressives and decreased Intrapatient variability (IPV) post kidney transplantation. A retrospective analysis was performed to…2020 American Transplant Congress
Benefits of Normothermia Regional Perfusion (NRP), Hypothermic Machine Perfusion (HMP) and Short Cold Ischemia Time (CIT) for Kidney Transplants with Controlled Donation after Circulatory Death (cDCD)
*Purpose: cDCD are considered as extended criteria donors with poorer kidney transplant outcomes and high delayed graft function (DGF) rate. We built a French national…2020 American Transplant Congress
Analysis of Pre-Transplant Resuscitation Factors Influencing Immediate Graft Function after Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation
General Surgery, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: The management of a deceased donor in the intensive care unit before organ transplantation is important for the outcome of the recipient. Herein, we…2020 American Transplant Congress
Effects of Alpha-1 Proteinase Replacement Continuation Post-Lung Transplantation in Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency: A Single Center Case Series
Lung Transplant, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA
*Purpose: Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD) accounts for approximately 6% of all lung transplants (LTx) performed annually. The benefit of replacement with alpha-1 proteinase inhibitor (A1-PI)…2020 American Transplant Congress
Need for Pre-Transplant Midodrine Does Not Negatively Impact Outcomes after Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Transplant
1University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, 2Duke University, Durham, NC
*Purpose: Patients with cirrhosis often develop chronic hypotension, which contributes to kidney dysfunction. Midodrine can improve hemodynamics and renal perfusion in these hypotensive patients. There…2020 American Transplant Congress
DCD vs DBD Liver Transplantation: Equivalent Charges and Similar Survival- An Effective Expansion of the Donor Pool
Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
*Purpose: The shortage of allografts available for liver transplantation (LT) has prompted the need for expansion of donor pool to include donation after circulatory death…2020 American Transplant Congress
The Effects of DGF after Deceased Donor Renal Transplantation Differ by KDPI
*Purpose: We analyzed the effects of DGF on: (1) graft survival, (2) patient survival and (3) eGFR of adult recipients of deceased donor kidney transplants…2020 American Transplant Congress
A Call to Action: Finding the Right Kidney for All Potential Recipients
Miami Transplant Institute, Miami, FL
*Purpose: The dialysis burden in patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD) awaiting a kidney transplant (KT) is a huge driver of morbidity, mortality, and…
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