Articles tagged "Heart/lung transplantation"

2020 American Transplant Congress
Consistent Prevention of Perioperative Cardiac Xenograft Dysfunction with Non-Ischemic Cardiac Preservation in Life-Supporting Cardiac Xenotransplantation Model
C. E. Goerlich¹, A. Singh¹, D. Kaczorowski¹, M. Abdullah¹, B. Lewis¹, I. Tatarov¹, A. Hershfeld¹, T. Zhang¹, P. Odonkor¹, A. Tabatabai¹, A. Bhutta¹, E. Strauss¹, B. Williams¹, D. Ayares², M. Mohiuddin¹
¹Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ²Revivicor, Blacksburg, VA
*Purpose: Transplantation of organs from animals to humans (xenotransplantation) has been proposed to address the critical shortage of organs for transplantation. The use of genetically…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Heart Transplant Outcomes in Adults with Peripartum Cardiomyopathy
P. Genyk, K. Yang, G. Liu, J. Nattiv, P. Banankhah, P. Kingsford, J. Li, S. Nuno, K. Pandya, A. Vaidya, E. DePasquale
Department of Cardiology, Keck Medical Center of University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: We aimed to evaluate long-term heart transplant (HT) outcomes in adults with peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) and compare them to all other heart transplant recipients.*Methods:…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Older Organs Transfer Senescence to Transplant Recipients
J. Iske¹, R. Maenosono¹, M. Seyda¹, T. Heinbockel¹, M. Koichiro¹, Y. Nian¹, T. Tchkonia², J. L. Kirkland², R. Abdi¹, A. Elkhal¹, S. G. Tullius¹
¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
*Purpose: Older organs represent an underutilized potential. Organ age, at the same time, augments alloimmune responses resulting into increased acute rejection rates. Senescent cells accumulate…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Evaluation of the Discrimination of 13 Mortality Risk Scores after Heart Transplantation in a Contemporary UNOS Cohort
G. Coutance, J. Patel, E. Kransdorf, R. Levine, E. Passano, J. Kobashigawa
Cedars-Sinai Smidt Heart Institute, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Multiple pre-transplant scores aimed at stratifying the risk of death or allograft loss after heart transplantation have been developed over time but their use…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Cervical Total Arterial Anastomosis Mouse-to-Rat Heterotopic Heart Xenotransplantation
A. Ren, Z. Li, X. Zhang, R. Deng, Y. Ma
Organ Transplant Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
*Purpose: Xenotransplantation is an effective way to solve the problem of donor shortage. However, clinical use of xenotransplantation is currently limited due to immunological challenges.…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Bariatric Surgery for Congestive Heart Failure Patients Improves Access to Transplantation and Long-Term Survival
R. A. Choudhury¹, G. Hoeltzel², H. B. Moore¹, H. Yaffe¹, D. Yoeli¹, K. R. Dumon³, K. D. Conzen¹, T. L. Nydam¹
¹Department of Surgery- Division of Transplantation Surgery, University of Colorado Hospital, Aurora, CO, ²Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, ³Department of Surgery, University of Colorado Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: Obese patients with congestive heart failure (CHF) are often denied access to heart transplantation until they obtain significant weight loss to achieve a certain…
2020 American Transplant Congress
p40 Homodimers Indirectly Induce Endogenous Donor-Reactive Memory CD8 T Cell Activation within High-Risk Cardiac Allografts and CTLA-4ig Resistant Graft Rejection via IL-15 Signaling
H. Tsuda, A. Valujskikh, R. Fairchild
Inflammation and Immunity, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: We have reported that longer duration of cold ischemic storage (CIS) prior to transplant resulted in increased proliferation of endogenous donor-reactive CD8 T cells…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Comparison of Outcomes between Patients Bridged to Heart Transplantation with ECMO versus Those Not Bridged with ECMO During the Years 1985 to 2019
D. J. Miklin¹, A. D. Salimbangon², G. S. Liu¹, P. Banankhah¹, P. A. Genyk¹, P. Kingsford¹, R. R. Chand³, J. P. Li¹, D. Vucicevic⁴, A. S. Vaidya¹, K. Pandya¹, J. Rahman¹, M. Fong¹, L. Grazette¹, A. Kiankhooy¹, J. Nattiv¹, S. Hashmi¹, S. Nuno¹, J. Pizula¹, A. E. Lee¹, K. Yang¹, S. Shaw¹, E. DePasquale¹, W. M. Aaron⁵
¹LAC-USC, Los Angeles, CA, ²UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ³Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴Newark Beth-Israel Medical Center, Newark, NJ, ⁵University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center, Tucson, AZ
*Purpose: Some patients with cardiogenic shock require extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) for successful bridging to heart transplantation (HT). Herein, we report on the outcomes and…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Comparing Two Methods of Minimally-Ischemic Cardiac Preservation in Life-Supporting Cardiac Xenotransplantation Model
C. E. Goerlich¹, A. Singh¹, D. Kaczorowski¹, M. Abdullah¹, B. Lewis¹, I. Tatarov¹, A. Hershfeld¹, T. Zhang¹, E. Strauss¹, P. Odonkor¹, B. Williams¹, D. Ayares², B. Griffith¹, M. Mohiuddin¹
¹Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ²Surgery, Revivicor, Blacksburg, VA
*Purpose: Transplantation of organs from animals to humans (xenotransplantation) has been proposed to address the critical shortage of organs for transplantation. The use of genetically…
2020 American Transplant Congress
The Art Rather Than the Science of Non-HLA Antibody Mediated Rejection in Heart Transplantation: A Single Center Experience
A. Alam, S. Mckean, R. Patel, V. Darst, H. Zafar, C. Guerrero, M. Askar, T. Sam, S. Hall
Cardiology, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX
*Purpose: The role of non-HLA antibodies (Ab) in HLA-DSA negative antibody mediated rejection (AMR) following heart transplant (HTx) remains largely unknown.*Methods: Retrospective analysis of all…