Articles tagged "Graft survival"

2019 American Transplant Congress
Fifteen Year Outcomes in the Astellas Double Blind Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) Comparing Early Corticosteroid Withdrawal (CSWD) and Long-Term Corticosteroid Therapy Continuation (CCS) in Kidney Transplantation
E. Woodle¹, S. Clark², D. Stewart³, M. First⁴, R. Alloway⁵, J. Gill⁶, .. Split Rock Group⁷
¹Transplant Surgery, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, ²Providence Health Care, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ³UNOS, Richmond, VA, ⁴Transplant Genomics Inc. and Comprehensive Transplant Center, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, ⁵University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, ⁶University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁷Yale University, New Haven, CT
*Purpose: To evaluate long-term outcomes among participants in the original multi-center RCT initiated in 1999 (Woodle et al, Annals of Surgery, 2008), and to demonstrate…
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Bronchoalveolar Lavage Biomarkers Predict Lung Transplant Survival
A. Zarinsefat¹, J. Y. Yang², R. Sarwal¹, J. Liberto¹, D. Watson³, S. Verleden⁴, M. Sarwal¹
¹UC San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²Johns Hopkin, Baltimore, MD, ³Kit Bio, Los Altos, CA, ⁴KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
*Purpose: In lung transplants (LTx), chronic rejection remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality following transplantation, mainly from chronic lung allograft dysfunction (CLAD). Two…
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TACI Polymorphisms Associated with Increased Alloimmunity and Allograft Rejection
M. Garcia de Mattos-Barbosa¹, E. A. Farkash², J. L. Platt¹, M. Cascalho¹
¹Transplant Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Pathology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
*Purpose: Transmembrane activator and CAML interactor (TACI) controls B cell differentiation. The TACI gene is highly polymorphic (>95% of all genes) and frequently variants exhibit…
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Staged Procedure In Simultaneous Liver And Kidney Transplant -the “Swedish” Experience
A. Gravetz
Transplant Surgery, Swedish Medical Center, Seattle, WA
*Purpose: As many as 30% of liver transplant candidates have renal insufficiency requiring a combined liver and kidney transplantation. The prolonged and complex simultaneous liver-kidney…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Differential Effects Of Prolonged Cold Ischemia On Outcomes In Donation After Cardio Circulatory Death Versus Acute Kidney Injury Donor Kidney Transplants
D. Harriman, V. Gurram, J. Rogers, A. Farney, G. Orlando, C. Jay, A. Reeves-Daniel, A. Mena-Gutierrez, M. Gautreaux, W. Doares, S. Kaczmorski, R. Stratta
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC
*Purpose: Donation after cardio-circulatory death (DCD) and acute kidney injury (AKI) deceased donor (DD) kidneys increase the organ pool but their rates of discard and…
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Kidney Transplant Recipient Outcomes from Living Donors with Stones
S. Doshi, T. Taber, M. S. Yaqub, O. Adebiyi, D. MIshler, C. Sundaram, J. Powelson, W. Goggins, A. Sharfuddin
Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
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Decreased Rejection and Higher Graft Survival in Pediatric Deceased Donors
P. Budhiraja¹, D. Rotich², J. Mahnken², A. Ilahe¹, A. Naik³, D. Cibrik¹
¹Nephrology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, ²Statistics, University of Kansas, Kansas City, KS, ³Nephrology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
*Purpose:Pediatric donor kidneys are important pool of donor kidneys which despite the early surgical complications have good long-term graft survival.1 We hypothesize that this survival…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Impact Of Inhaled Vasodilator Therapy On Early Morbidity And Mortality After Lung Transplant
M. Tomeczkowicz¹, A. Wexler¹, M. Patel², J. Fernandez-Castillo², J. Rusniak¹, E. Mancl³, S. Quddus²
¹Department of Pharmacy, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL, ²Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL, ³Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL
*Purpose: Within the first 72 hours of lung transplant, recipients may develop primary graft dysfunction (PGD). This complication is associated with acute and chronic rejection,…
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Fasting Glood Glucose: A Simple and Reliable Marker to Predict Late Pancreas Graft Failure
D. Cantarovich¹, M. Ollivier², L. Chaillous², B. Cariou², J. Branchereau¹, G. Karam¹
¹Nephrology and Transplantation, ITUN, Nantes, France, ²Endocrinology, Institut du Thorax, Nantes, France
*Purpose: Causes of early post-transplant pancreas graft failure are well identified. Indeed, this is not the case after the first year. We searched factors which…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Did COIIN Cohort A Maintain Graft Survival Performance While Increasing Moderate to High KDPI Transplants?
J. Foutz, R. J. Carrico, K. Sisaithong, H. Tosoc-Haskell, D. Klassen
Research, United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: The Collaborative Innovation and Improvement Network (COIIN) was a 3-year OPTN project aimed at increasing the utilization of kidneys with a kidney donor profile…