Articles tagged "Graft function"

2017 American Transplant Congress
Single-Center, Prospective, Open Label Pilot Study to Investigate the Effectiveness of Everolimus Associated with Mycophenolic Acid and Prednisone in Adult Patients Submitted to an Allograft Renal Transplant with Calcineurin Inhibitor Withdrawl on Week 16th.
L. Giordano,^1,2 M. Lasmar,^1,2 H. Vianna,^1,2 E. Lasmar.^1,2
¹Renal Transplant Unit, Hospital Universitário Ciências Médicas de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil; ²Nephrology Department, Rede Mater Dei de Saúde, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Although CI have proven efficacy in kidney transplantation worldwide, they are drugs with nephrotoxic potential and may contribute to chronic renal allograft nephropathy. As a…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Outcome of Living Donor Transplantation in Pediatric Recipients Over the Last Three Decades by Era: An Analysis of UNOS Database.
V. Whittaker, M. Laftavi, Z. Acun, R. Gruessner, A. Gruessner.
Surgery, State University New York, Syracuse, NY
Background: Living donor is the potential solution to organ shortage. This retrospective analysis of UNOS database evaluates the outcome of living donor transplantation across 4…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Postoperative Serum Lactate Dehydrogenase Is a "Troponin-Like" Marker of Renal Transplant Distress.
R. Steiner, J. Halldorson.
UCSD Center for Transplantation, University of California at San Diego, San Diego, CA
Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) is plentiful in renal tubular cells and is released during tubular injury or death. It increases for several days to 1500-2000 U/L…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Longer Anastomotic Time Leads to Delayed Graft Function.
M. Heer,^1,2 P. Trevillian,^1,2,3 A. Hibberd.^1,2,3
¹Newcastle Transplant Unit, John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, NSW, Australia; ²Newcastle University, Newcastle, NSW, Australia; ³Hunter Transplant Research Foundation, Hunter Medical Research Institute, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
Background: Delayed graft function (DGF) occurs at variable rates in renal transplant recipients. It can be deleterious to renal allograft in long term. Various factors…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Longer Ischemic Time Is Associated with Late Graft Dysfunction in Pediatric Heart Transplant Recipients.
L. Schroeder,¹ S. Chowdhury,¹ A. Burnette,¹ H. Baker,¹ A. Savage,¹ A. Atz,¹ R. Butts.²
¹Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC; ²UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX
Introduction: The purpose of this study was to investigate associations between clinical factors and cardiac function as measured by pressure-volume loops (PVL) in a pediatric…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Post-Transplant Graft Function Is Associated with Major Cardiovascular Events in Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Multicenter Cohort Study.
J. Park,¹ Y. Kim,² S. Yang,³ S. Park,² S.-K. Park,⁴ D. Han,⁵ Y. Kim,² Y. Kim,⁵ J. Lee.⁶
¹Department of Internal Medicine, Dongguk University Ilsan Hospital, Gyeonggi-do, Korea; ²Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; ³Department of Biomedical Sciences, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; ⁴Department of Internal Medicine, Asan Medical Center and University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; ⁵Department of Surgery, Asan Medical Center and University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; ⁶Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
Background: Reduced kidney function is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease in the general population. However, the association between post-transplantation graft function and subsequent…
2017 American Transplant Congress
10 Years or More of Follow Up After Total Pancreatectomy and Intra Portal Islet Auto Transplantation (TP/IAT) for Treatment of Chronic Pancreatitis, Is It a Durable Operation?
S. Chinnakotla, T. Dunn, G. Beilman, M. Bellin, T. Pruett, V. Kirchner, J. Wilhelm, M. Freeman, D. Sutherland.
Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
Background: Total pancreatectomy and intra-portal islet cell auto-transplantation (TP/IAT) is increasingly being utilized for the management of chronic pancreatitis (CP), the benefits being removal of…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Subclinical Rejections in Kidney Transplant Recipients Treated with Direct Acting Antiviral Agents for Hepatitis C Treatment within 1 Year of Transplant.
T. Rege,¹ K. Hatahet,¹ A. Gillespie,¹ M. Ghanta,¹ I. Lee,¹ K. Qureshi,¹ K. Lau,² S. Karhadkar,² A. DiCarlo,² S. Constantinescu,¹ S. Rao.¹
¹Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA; ²Surgery, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Direct acting antiviral agents (DAA) have revolutionized the management of Hepatitis C virus (HCV) positive kidney transplant recipients (KTR). The optimal timing of DAA therapy…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Contrast-Induced Acute Kidney Injury in Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Meta-Analysis.
W. Cheungpasitporn,¹ C. Thongprayoon,¹ M. Mao,¹ S. Mao,² M. D'Costa,¹ W. Kittanamongkolchai,¹ K. Kashani.¹
¹Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; ²Transplantation Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the incidence of contrast-induced acute kidney injury (CIAKI) in kidney transplant recipients.METHODS: A literature search was performed using MEDLINE, EMBASE, and the…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Patterns of Monocyte Differentiation and Activation in a Non-Human Primate Model of Brain Death.
P. Chlebeck, J. Danobeitia, L. Zitur, T. Zens, X. Xu, S. Odorico, A. D'Alessandro, L. Fernandez.
Surgery - Division of Transplantation, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
Brain-death (BD) induces a systemic inflammatory response known to impair tissue perfusion and promote graft immunogenicity. Monocytes play a significant role in the regulation of…