Articles tagged "Heart"

2019 American Transplant Congress
First Experience For Cold Storage Of Donor Hearts With Paragonix SherpaPak
L. Stastny¹, M. Kofler¹, D. Höfer¹, G. Pölzl², R. Breitkopf³, M. Grimm¹, H. Antretter¹, J. Dumfarth¹
¹Cardiac Surgery, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria, ²Internal Medicine, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria, ³Intensive Care Unit, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
*Purpose: Preservation of donor organs is a crucial component for the maintenance of viability after explantation. The current standard for transporting a donor organ includes…
2019 American Transplant Congress
What Are You Smoking? The Impact of Donor Drug Use on Long Term Survival Post-Transplant
D. A. Baran¹, A. Long¹, J. T. Lansinger², H. Copeland³, J. M. Herre¹, W. Old¹, G. Zeevi¹, C. Barreiro¹, C. Kemp¹, B. H. Smith¹, K. Stelling¹, A. Ingemi¹, P. Bourassa¹, J. Philpott¹
¹Sentara Heart Hospital, Norfolk, VA, ²Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, ³Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS
*Purpose: Drug use is a common aspect in the history of heart transplant donors. Whether prior or current drug use is associated with inferior post…
2019 American Transplant Congress
The Use Of First-year Intravascular Ultrasound In The Tacrolimus Era In Heart Transplantation
S. Dimbil¹, M. Kittleson¹, J. Patel¹, D. Geft¹, R. Cheng¹, R. Levine¹, T. Sato¹, L. Czer¹, R. Zabner², P. Zakowski², J. A. Kobashigawa¹, B. Azarbal¹
¹Cedars-Sinai Smidt Heart Institute, Los Angeles, CA, ²Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Cytomegalovirus (CMV) has been documented as a risk factor for the development of cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV) after heart transplantation (HTx). It has not…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Donors and Drugs: How Often Do They Mix? Utilization of Donors Based on Toxicology Findings
J. T. Lansinger¹, A. Long¹, C. Barreiro², J. M. Herre², H. Copeland³, W. Old², G. Zeevi², C. D. Kemp², J. M. Philpott², K. Stelling², A. Ingemi², B. H. Smith², P. Bourassa², D. A. Baran²
¹Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, ²Sentara Heart Hospital, Norfolk, VA, ³Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS
*Purpose: Despite an increasing number of patients waiting for heart transplantation, the growth of transplant volume has risen slowly. The opioid crisis has resulted in…
2019 American Transplant Congress
What is the Post-Heart Transplant Risk of Infectious Complications from Pre-Transplant Desensitization Therapy?
E. Kransdorf, J. Patel, S. Dimbil, R. Levine, D. H. Chang, J. A. Kobashigawa
Cedars-Sinai Smidt Heart Institute, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Sensitization or the detection of circulating antibodies in heart transplant candidates appears to be increasing due to the growing use of mechanical circulatory support…
2019 American Transplant Congress
How Do We Choose? Predicting Utilization Of Cardiac Donors And The Effect Of Era
D. A. Baran¹, J. T. Lansinger², A. Long², J. Philpott³, H. Copeland⁴, W. Old³, G. Zeevi³, C. Barreiro³, C. Kemp³, B. H. Smith³, K. Stelling³, A. Ingemi³, P. Bourassa³, J. M. Herre³
¹Sentara Heart Hospital, Virginia Beach, VA, ²Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, ³Sentara Heart Hospital, Norfolk, VA, ⁴University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS
*Purpose: The number of patients on the heart transplant waitlist continues to rise. However, the rate of organ acceptance is only about 1/3 of all…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Guideline Adherence for Secondary Prevention of Stroke and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease among Liver Transplant Recipients
P. T. Campbell¹, M. Kosirog¹, S. Montag², S. Connolly¹, A. Daud³, A. Das¹, S. Pine¹, D. Finn³, J. Levitsky¹, J. L. Holl⁴, D. M. Lloyd-Jones⁵, L. B. VanWagner⁶
¹Division of GI and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ²Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ³Center for Healthcare Studies, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ⁴Department of Pediatrics and Center for Healthcare Studies, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ⁵Departments of Preventive Medicine and Medicine-Cardiology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ⁶Division of GI and Hepatology, Department of Medicine and Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Data about provider adherence to clinical practice guidelines for secondary prevention of stroke and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) among liver transplant recipients (LTRs), which…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Measures of Physical Frailty, Cardiac Function and Cardiac Biomarkers among Kidney Transplant Candidates
S. Gilligan,¹ S. Anand,² D. Morris,² M. Minder,¹ T. Srinivas.²
¹Intermountain Medical Center, Murray, UT; ²University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT.
Background: Elevated troponin T at transplant evaluation has been reported to confer risk of cardiovascular mortality among renal transplants. We use troponin T along with…
2018 American Transplant Congress
A Single Center Transition of Care Model from Pediatric Heart Recipients to Adult Services Ongoing Study Model
S. Adams, M. Wigger.
Heart Transplant, Vanderbilt Medical Center, Nashville, TN.
This is an ongoing look at designing a pediatric to adult transition model and lessons learned over time. It has been shown that the first…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Mitochondrial Membrane Permeability Plays a Critical Role for Endothelial Cell Necroptosis and Cardiac Allograft Rejection
I. Gan, J. Jiang, D. Lian, X. Huang, W. Liu, A. Haig, A. Jevnikar, Z. Zhang.
Matthew Mailing Centre for Translational Transplant Studies, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada; Multi Organ Transplant Program, London Health Sciences Centre, London, ON, Canada; Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada; Medicine, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada.
Background: Transplant injury is invariably associated with programmed cell death resulting in delayed graft function and organ rejection. We were the first to describe receptor-interacting…