2016 American Transplant Congress
Airway Inflammation and Symptoms in Children Following Liver and Heart Transplantation.
Objectives: To describe the upper airway endoscopic findings of patients with stridor, stertor or sleep-disordered breathing after liver transplantation (LT) or heart transplantation (HT).Methods: Retrospective…2016 American Transplant Congress
Pediatric Heart Transplantation Across a Positive Cross-Match Is Associated with High Rates of AMR but No Difference in Short Term Graft Loss, Dysfunction and Death (CTOTC-04 study).
Sensitization is common in pediatric heart transplant (HT) candidates. Waitlist mortality is high if a prospective -ve CDC-crossmatch (XM) is required, but HT across a…2016 American Transplant Congress
Development and Validation of a Molecular Microscope Diagnostic System (MMDx) for Heart Transplant Biopsies.
The diagnosis of heart transplant rejection by histology in endomyocardial biopsies (EMB) is challenging. A molecular system (MMDx) has been developed to assess both T…2016 American Transplant Congress
Clinical and Subclinical Cardiac Events After Kidney Transplantation (KTX).
Introduction. Elevated levels of the biomarker cardiac troponin T levels (cTNT) pre- KTX relates to high mortality and CV risk pre and post-KTX. We sought…2016 American Transplant Congress
Predicting Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease in Asymptomatic Patients Undergoing Renal Transplantation Using a Simple Risk Score.
Imperial College Kidney and Transplant Centre, Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
PurposeCoronary angiography in asymptomatic patients with End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) shows significant Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) (stenosis >50%) in 37-53% of patients. We have…2016 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Induction Therapy on Cardiovascular Events in Kidney Transplant Recipients.
1MUHC, Montreal, Canada; 2JHU, Baltimore.
Cardiovascular events (CVE) are one of leading causes of mortality in kidney transplant (KT) recipients and ATG use is reported as a risk factor. We…2015 American Transplant Congress
Passive Administration of Antibodies to Cardiac Myosin Immediately Following Syngenic Cardiac Transplantation Result in Rejection
Surgery, Washington Univ Sch of Med, St. Louis, MO.
Introduction: Auto-immune responses to cardiac myosin, a heart specific protein has been proposed to be a target auto-antigen resulting in cardiac allograft vasculopathy following transplantation.…2015 American Transplant Congress
Chest Wall,Thymus, and Heart Transplant: Pushing the Boundary of Solid Organ Allotransplantation
Objective:The last 10 years have ushered in the clinical reality of upper extremity and face transplantation with animal models and basic science evidence to support…2015 American Transplant Congress
Investigation of Myocardial Function in Pediatric Transplant Recipients
Children's National, Washington, DC.
Purpose: In light of the major impact of cardiovascular morbidity on long-term transplant outcomes, a prospective controlled study was conducted to investigate changes in myocardial…2015 American Transplant Congress
Adoptive Transfer of T Cell Receptor-Transgenic (TCR-Tg) Cells Alters Endogenous Immune Responses During Acute Rejection
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
In addition to the therapeutic use of adoptive transfer of T cells to combat viral infections and malignancies in humans, adoptive transfer of T cell…
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