Articles tagged "Graft survival"

2017 American Transplant Congress
Detection of Right Ventricular Dilation and Dysfunction by Transthoracic Echocardiography Predicts Renal Transplant Outcomes.
F. Tinney Jr,¹ S. Lazar,² A. Naik,² M. Samaniego-Picota,² N. Bhave.²
¹Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI; ²University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Introduction: The prevalence of pulmonary hypertension (PHTN) among end stage renal disease (ESRD) patients on hemodialysis is approximately 40-50%. Right heart catheterization is the gold…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Effect of AKI Donor Admit Creatinine on Renal Transplant Outcomes.
E. Giorgakis,¹ R. Heilman,² H. Khamash,² B. Kaplan,² A. Moss,¹ M. Smith,³ K. Reddy.¹
¹Department of Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ; ²Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ; ³Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ
Purpose of the study was to explore the effect of admit AKI donor creatinine on graft outcomes.Method: Single center retrospective analysis of kidney transplants performed…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Causes and Long-Term Consequences of Diarrhea After Kidney Transplantation.
A. Devresse,¹ F. Aulagnon,² A. Scemla,² L. Morin,² F. Lanternier,³ D. Anglicheau,² O. Lortholary,³ C. Legendre,² V. Avettand-Fenoel,⁴ J. Zuber.²
¹Nephrology Unit, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium; ²Kidney Transplant and Intensive Care Unit, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, AP-HP, Paris, France; ³Infectious and Tropical Diseases Unit, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, AP-HP, Paris, France; ⁴Virology Unit, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, AP-HP, Paris, France
BackgroundThe causes and effects of diarrhea on graft outcomes have been poorly investigated in a large cohort of well-phenotyped kidney transplant recipients (KT). The epidemiological…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Five-Year Outcomes After Transplantation of Kidneys from Deceased Donors with Acute Kidney Injury.
J. Latona,¹ A. Shah,^1,2 A. Frank,^1,2 W. Maley,^1,2 C. Doria,^1,2 C. Ramirez.^1,2
¹Division of Transplant Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA; ²Kidney Transplant Program, Lankenau Medical Center, Wynnewood, PA
Background: Kidneys from deceased donors with acute kidney injury (AKI) are often discarded due to a perceived higher risk of poor graft function. Kidney Donor…
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Lymph Node Stromal Laminins Differentially Regulate T Cell Activation.
T. Simon, J. Bromberg.
University of Maryland, Baltimore
Background:Our recent work demonstrated that laminins α4β1γ1 and α5β1γ1, components of the lymph node (LN) stroma, are differentially regulated. Tolerance is associated with relatively higher…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Dysregulated Innate Immune Response Is a Robust Predictor of Allograft Injury and Survival Across All Transplanted Organs.
T. Azad,¹ M. Donato,¹ L. Heylen,² S. Shen-Orr,³ T. Sweeney,¹ M. Naesens,² P. Khatri.¹
¹Institute for Immunity, Transplantation and Infection, Stanford University, Stanford, CA; ²University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; ³Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
ObjectiveLate allograft failure is characterized by long-term cumulative effects of subclinical allograft injury. An optimal biomarker diagnoses acute rejection (AR), correlates with ongoing graft damage,…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation in Elderly Recipients Aged 70 Years and Older.
A. Adamusiak,¹ T. Salter,² P. Andrews,² C. Callaghan.¹
¹Department of Nephrology and Transplantation, Guy's Hospital, London, United Kingdom; ²Department of Nephrology, St Helier Hospital, London, United Kingdom
Introduction: The number of patients aged 70 years and older receiving renal replacement therapy is increasing. There is uncertainty regarding whether listing for deceased donor…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Using Scheduled Commercial Flights for Transport of Liver for Transplant.
V. Gupta,¹ A. Chandra,¹ M. Singh,¹ V. Gupta,¹ S. Kumar,¹ P. Joshi,¹ P. Sharma,² H. Hasan,³ P. Srivastava,⁴ M. Khan,¹ Z. Arshad,¹ R. Kant.¹
¹King George's Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India; ²Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Office, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India; ³Traffic Directorate, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India; ⁴Airport Director, Amausi Airport, Airports Authority of India, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Transport of liver procured from a brain dead donor (BDD) to the receiving hospital by chartered private flight (PF) is a costly endeavour. Also the…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Long-Term Outcomes Among Slow versus Delayed or Immediate Graft Function Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Single-Center Experience.
I. Bajjoka, A. Yaldo, C. Crombez, M. Abouljoud.
Transplant Institute, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI
Purpose: To compare and evaluate short and long-term outcomes for kidney transplant recipients (KTR) with slow graft function (SGF) versus delayed (DGF) or immediate (IGF)…
2017 American Transplant Congress
CD4⁺/CD8⁺ T Cell Ratio as a Predictive Marker for Early Graft Failure in Pig to Non-Human Primate Islet Xenotransplantation with Immunosuppression.
S. Choi,^1,3,4 H.-J. Kim,^1,2,3,4 I.-H. Yoon,^1,2 J.-S. Kim,^1,2,6 S.-J. Kang,^1,2,3,4 H.-Y. Nam,^1,2 B.-H. Min,¹ J.-S. Shin,^1,6 J.-M. Kim,^1,6 Y.-H. Kim,^1,5 W.-W. Lee,^1,2,3,4 C.-G. Park.^1,2,3,4,6
¹Xenotransplantation Research Center, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; ²Cancer Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; ³Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; ⁴Department of Biomedical Sciences, Seoul National University Graduate School, Seoul, Korea; ⁵Department of Microbiology, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea; ⁶Institute of Endemic Diseases, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
Background: Outstanding results from nonhuman primate study put islet xenotransplantation with immunosuppression closer to the clinical application. To establish successful immune suppressive protocols, immune monitoring…