2019 American Transplant Congress
Microsteatosis in Livers from Donation after Circulatory Death (DCD) Donors is Associated with Inferior Graft and Patient Survival Following Liver Transplantation (LTX)
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
*Purpose: The current theory is that severe macrosteatosis (MaS) (>50%) in livers recovered from donation after brain death (DBD) donors leads to increased rates of…2019 American Transplant Congress
Consideration for Offering Hepatitis C Antibody Positive Donor Grafts to All Patients Listed for Transplant
Vanderbilt Transplant Center, Nashville, TN
*Purpose: Background: The field of organ transplantation continuously struggles with inadequate numbers of donor organs. Therefore, efforts remain focused on increasing organ utilization and expanding…2019 American Transplant Congress
Risk Factors for Graft Loss Vary with Recipient MELD Score in Liver Transplantation
*Purpose: Risk factors for allograft loss in liver transplantation have previously been described. Less is known how these vary and interact amongst recipients with different…2019 American Transplant Congress
Heterozygous Gene Mutations In The Complement Factor I (cfi) Was Susceptibility Gene For The C3 Glomerulonephritis In Native Kidney And Renal Allograft
*Purpose: We previously reported heterozygous c.848A > G and c.1339C > T gene mutations in the complement factor I (CFI) gene (NM_000204.3) in a kidney transplant recipient with C3…2019 American Transplant Congress
Early Allograft Dysfunction in High Acuity Liver Transplant Recipients
Department of Surgery, The Dumont-UCLA Transplant Center, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Organ recipient matching in Liver Transplantation (LT) has become ever-more challenging with the ongoing organ scarcity and increasing patient acuity. While the notion that…2019 American Transplant Congress
Clinical, Aging, Morphometric Measures & Adverse Outcomes in Kidney Transplant Recipients
1JHU, Baltimore, MD, 2UM, Ann Habor, MI
*Purpose: Sarcopenia is a hallmark of frailty, a geriatric phenotype which is common among kidney transplant (KT) candidates and recipients. Sarcopenic-obesity is a high-risk state…2019 American Transplant Congress
Factors Associated with the Acceptance of Livers for Liver Transplantation: Validation of the Discard Risk Index in the Eurotransplant Region
*Purpose: In times of organ shortage it has to be better understood why available livers are not transplanted. This study aims to analyze factors associated…2019 American Transplant Congress
Risk Stratification of Patients Undergoing Simultaneous Liver Transplantation and Cardiac Surgery
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: Evaluate risk factors and outcomes of combined liver transplantation (OLT) and cardiac surgery, including coronary artery grafting and valve replacement.*Methods: Between 1/2005 and 8/2018,…2019 American Transplant Congress
Specific Reasons for Public Health Service (PHS) Increased Risk (IR) Designation Had Little Influence on Doctors’ Kidney Offer Acceptance Decisions in Controlled “Lab” Experiment
*Purpose: Over 25% of donors are labeled as PHS “increased risk,” a designation associated with reduced organ utilization despite favorable risk/benefit calculations for most patients.…2019 American Transplant Congress
Extreme Hyponatremia as a Risk Factor for Early Mortality after Liver Transplantation in the Model for End-Stage Liver Disease-Sodium Period
Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: While we reported that implementation of MELD-Na based liver allocation improved waitlist outcomes in patients with hyponatremia, its impact on post-transplant outcomes in this…
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