2021 American Transplant Congress
Long Term Outcomes of Kidney Donors with Fibromuscular Dysplasia
*Purpose: Fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD) is not an infrequent finding during kidney donor evaluation. Current guidelines do not provide any recommendations regarding the use of kidneys…2021 American Transplant Congress
Intensive Blood Pressure Control Preserves Kidney Allograft Function
*Purpose: Kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) are at higher risk of major adverse cardiovascular events compared to the general population, with HTN being a crucial risk…2021 American Transplant Congress
Characterizing Kidney Transplant Recipients with SARS-CoV-2: An Academic Single Center Experience
Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Kidney transplant (KTx) recipients are a unique cohort in regard to SARS-CoV-2 susceptibility and clinical course, owing to their immunosuppressed state and propensity for…2020 American Transplant Congress
Prevalence of Primary Aldosteronism in Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Cross-Sectional Study
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
*Purpose: The prevalence of primary aldosteronism (PA) in the general hypertensive (HTN) population is more than 5%, and substantially higher at 20% in certain high-risk…2020 American Transplant Congress
Cigarette Smoking and Long-Term Renal Function and Cardiovascular Disease in Living Kidney Donors
*Purpose: Since cigarette smoking is a major risk factor for kidney and cardiovascular disease in the general population, many programs advise living kidney donor candidates…2020 American Transplant Congress
Long-Term Outcomes in Recipients of Allografts from Living Kidney Donors with Hypertension
1Medicine, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD, 2Surgery, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Allografts from living kidney donors may “carry” subclinical pathological abnormalities to the recipient and thus lead to adverse clinical outcomes. Because one mechanism underlying…2020 American Transplant Congress
Minor Negative Effects of Calcineurin Inhibitor Based Immunosuppression on Pregnancy Outcomes after Renal Transplantation in the Netherlands
*Purpose: Pregnancies after renal transplantation became more frequent over the past years, also in patients with compromised renal function. Immunosuppression may influence pregnancy outcome. It…2020 American Transplant Congress
Impact on Graft Histology of Steroid Withdrawal versus Standard Immunosuppression: Randomized, Parallel Group, Controlled Clinical Trial in Low Immunological Risk Kidney Transplant Patients
*Purpose: Steroid withdrawal can improve cardiovascular risk but little is known about its impact on graft histology and donor-specific antibodies.*Methods: 105 patients with a first…2020 American Transplant Congress
CHAIR Score: A Novel Risk Stratification in Transplant Renal Artery Stenosis
Henan Province People's Hospital, Zhengzhou, Henan Province, China
*Purpose: The aim of the study is to evaluate the clinical application of CHAIR score based on creatinine (C), hypertension (H), age (A), imaging evidence…2020 American Transplant Congress
Predonation Hypertension and Early Postdonation Systolic Blood Pressure among Older Living Kidney Donors
*Purpose: One mechanism underlying predonation hypertension in older (age≥50) living kidney donors is a reduced number of nephrons. The 50% nephron mass reduction associated with…
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