Articles tagged "Heart transplant patients"

2018 American Transplant Congress
The Effect of Pre-Transplant Insomnia and Post-Transplant Insomnia on Survival among Solid Organ Recipients
K-.F. Lee,² Y. Tsai,¹ C. Lin,¹ C-.B. Hsieh,^3,5 S. Wu,⁴ T. Chen,⁵ Y-.C. Lin,¹ W-.H. Lee,^6,7 F. Lin,⁸ C. Tsai.^1,9,10
¹Cardiovascular Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; ²Biobank Management Center, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; ³General Surgery, Hualien Armed Forces General Hospital, Hualien County, Taiwan; ⁴Urology, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; ⁵General Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; ⁶Pathology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan; ⁷Pathology, Taipei Medical University-Shuang Ho Hospital, New Taipei, Taiwan; ⁸Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan; ⁹Cardiovascular Surgery, Taoyuan Armed Forces General Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan; ¹⁰Graduate Institute of Pharmacology, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan.
BackgroundBecause studies about insomnia among organ recipients were scarce, we used National Health Insurance Research Database (NHIRD) between 2001 and 2012 to understand how pre-transplant…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Early Results from USHER: A Pilot Trial of Transplanting HCV-Infected Hearts into HCV-Negative Recipients Followed by Anti-Viral Therapy
R. McLean, P. P. Reese, M. Acker, P. Abt, A. Sicilia, N. Hornsby, P. Atluri, K. R. Reddy, E. Blumberg, V. Van Deerlin, D. S. Goldberg.
UPENN, Philadelphia.
Background: In 2016, over 600 hearts from deceased donors with active or prior hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection were discarded; most were otherwise good quality,…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Safety and Efficacy of Rabbit Anti-Thymocyte Globulin Induction in Pediatric Patients Undergoing Cardiac Transplantation
M. Sell,¹ A. Haney,¹ K. Sprott,¹ A. Burnette,² H. Henderson,² A. Savage.²
¹Pharmacy, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC; ²Cardiac Transplant, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC.
Purpose: Limited data are available in pediatric cardiac transplant patients that focus on the safety and efficacy of rabbit anti-thymocyte globulin (rATG) induction therapy. The…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Influenza Vaccine Implementation by Transplant Pharmacy in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
S. Gattis,¹ I. Yildirim,^1,2 S. Serluco,¹ C. McCracken,² R. Liverman.¹
¹Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA; ²Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA.
Background: In solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients, influenza infection can lead to subsequent graft dysfunction and mortality. In an effort to increase vaccination rates, transplant…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Isolation and Profiling of miRNAs from Formalin Fixed Paraffin Embedded Endomyocardial Tissues from Human Heart Transplant Recipients
R. Nog,^1,2 C. Gupta,^1,2 J. Fallon,^1,2 J. Panza,^1,2 N. Haque.²
¹Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY; ²New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY.
Allograft rejection is a common complication post heart transplant (HTx) and can be confirmed by endomyocardial biopsy (EBx) only. There is however an increasing need…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Is Renal Function after Heart Transplantation an Issue for Patients with Cardiac Amyloidosis?
J. Patel, M. Kittleson, E. Kransdorf, R. Levine, S. Dimbil, D. Geft, D. Chang, L. Czer, J. Kobashigawa.
Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles.
Purpose: Cardiac amyloidosis (CA) (AL and ATTR) is an expanding indication for transplantation. Post-transplant renal function may be affected numerous factors including pre-transplant cardiorenal syndrome,…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Donor Bacteremia Does Not Impact Survival Following Heart Transplantation: A UNOS Registry Review
S. Hirji, A. Woolley, M. Pelletier, P. Shekar, F. Yazdchi, H. Mallidi, S. Singh.
Division of Cardiac Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA.
Background: There is a reluctance to transplant organs from donors who are bacteremic due to concern for transmission of the infection to the recipient leading…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Most Pediatric Transplant Centers Are Underperforming and in Proximity to Higher Volume Centers
T. Nichols, A. Rana, J. Goss.
Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.
Purpose. Many research studies have shown that low case volume has been associated with worse survival outcomes in each type of pediatric solid organ transplant.…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Congestive Hepatic Fibrosis: Correlation with Cardiac Hemodynamics and Changes after VAD or Cardiac Transplant
S. Dhingra,¹ A. Segura,³ N. Cortes-Santiago,¹ M. Schwartz,⁵ S. Mittal,⁴ P. Jalal,² G. Sood.²
¹Pathology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX; ²Surgery, Division of Abdominal Transplantation, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX; ³Cardiovasular Pathology, Texas Heart Institute, Houston, TX; ⁴Gastroenterology, Kelsey Seybold Clinic, Houston, TX; ⁵Pathology, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX.
Background: Chronic heart failure causes chronic passive congestion of liver that can progress to advanced fibrosis. Liver biopsy is performed for assessment of fibrosis to…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Financial Impact of Testing Standardization for Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
S. Ugolini,² L. Dranow,¹ P. Sadler,² M. Berry,² J. Stehlik,¹ S. Drakos,¹ J. Nativi,¹ E. Gilbert,¹ S. McKeller,¹ A. Koliopoulou,¹ M. Yin,¹ E. Davis,² C. Selzman,¹ O. Wever-Pinzon.¹
¹Division of Cardiology, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, UT; ²Transplant Service Line, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, UT.
Background: Infection and bone marrow suppression surveillance is common practice in transplant recipients. Ordering of inappropriate lab tests can lead to repetitive blood draws, higher…