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Articles tagged "Hepatitis C"

  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Treating Hepatitis C+ Patients Before or After Kidney Transplantation: A Medical Decision Analysis.

    B. Kiberd,1 K. Tennankore,1 K. Doucette.2

    1Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada; 2Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

    Some have recommended that HCV+ kidney wait list patients delay HCV treatment with direct acting antiviral agents (DAAs) with the option of receiving an HCV+/HCV-…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    An Investigation of Biopsy-Proven De Novo Autoimmune Hepatitis After Hepatitis C Clearance with Direct Acting Antivirals in Liver Transplant Patients.

    R. Sigireddi, J. Moffett, M. Kueht, R. Ackah, A. Rana, C. O'Mahony, J. Goss, S. Dhingra, S. Khaderi.

    Department of Abdominal Transplantation, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

    Direct acting antivirals (DAAs) for hepatitis C virus (HCV) have been widely prescribed to post-liver transplant patients for HCV clearance and are believed to be…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Impact of Alemtuzumab Induction on Hepatitis C Treatment Outcomes Post-Renal Transplantation.

    S. Jonchhe, J. Husson, J. Casale, R. Adekunle, P. Mathur, J. Gripshover, B. Ravichandran.

    University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD

    BackgroundDirect-acting antiviral agents (DAAs) have improved treatment outcomes for Hepatitis C virus (HCV). Given high rates of treatment success with few side effects, eradication of…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Effect of Hepatitis C (HCV) Treatment on Rejection Incidence and Severity in Post-Liver Transplant Patients.

    C. Skillin, M. Mba, B. Madani, C. Frenette.

    Organ Transplant, Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, CA

    Introduction: Hepatitis C remains an important source of morbidity and mortality post liver transplant. Little is known about the long term effects of direct acting…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Use of Hepatitis C Infected Organs for Kidney Transplantation: A Medical Decision Analysis.

    B. Kiberd,1 K. Doucette,2 K. Tennankore.1

    1Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada; 2University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

    Given that Hepatitis C (HCV) can be cured, organs from HCV+ deceased donors might be used in HCV- recipients if treatment at the time of…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    HCV Eradication with DAA Therapy Should Be Attempted Prior to Liver Transplantation and Does Not Impact HCC Recurrence.

    J. Emamaullee, M. Bral, G. Meeberg, A. Montano-Loza, V. Bain, D. Bigam, N. Kneteman, A. Shapiro.

    University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

    Background: Recent advances in the direct-acting antiviral (DAA) treatment of HCV have lead to high rates of HCV eradication, even in patients with decompensated cirrhosis.…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Occult Hepatitis C Virus in Recipients of Kidney Transplantation: Prevalence and Clinical Implications.

    C. Jimenez,1 T. Olea,1 M. Lopez,1 I. Castillo,2 J. Bartolomé,2 J. Quiroga,2 E. Gonzalez,1 V. Carreño,2 R. Selgas.1

    1Nephrology, Hospital Universitario La Paz/IdiPaz, Madrid, Spain; 2Instituto de Estudios Virales, Madrid, Spain

    Occult HCV infection (OCI) is characterized by the presence of HCV- RNA in liver or in peripheral blood mononuclear cells in the absence of serological…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Liver Allograft Hepatitis and Graft Loss After Hepatitis C Clearance.

    D. Bruno, S. Brown, S. Hanish, J. LaMattina, W. Hutson, S. Kottilil, W. Twadell, R. Barth.

    Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

    Successful HCV therapies should improve inferior outcomes of liver transplantation (LT) for HCV cirrhosis. We hypothesize certain patients may be predisposed to heterologous immunity that…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Post Transplant Outcomes in Hepatitis C Positive Patients.

    M. Lubetzky, N. Hayde, L. Kamal, M. Ajaimy, P. Bedi, G. Deboccardo, J. Rocca, S. Greenstein, J. Graham, A. Chokechanachaisakul, A. Courson, M. Kinkhabwala, E. Akalin.

    Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx

    Hepatitis C (HCV) is associated with increased morbidity and mortality after kidney transplant (KTx). We aimed to assess outcomes of HCV positive patients at our…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Transplantation of Hepatitis C Kidneys to Hepatitis C Recipients Confers Significantly Shorter Waiting Times in the Era of the New Kidney Allocation System.

    B. Concepcion, A. Langone, B. Edmundson, J. Johnson, A. Rajput, T. Johnson, D. Rybacki, D. Hale, R. Forbes.

    Nashville VA Medical Center, Nashville, TN

    Background: Prior to the new KAS, transplantation with HCV+ compared to HCV- kidneys provided shorter waiting times on the deceased donor list. In the current…
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