Articles tagged "Hypertension"

2020 American Transplant Congress
Cigarette Smoking and Long-Term Renal Function and Cardiovascular Disease in Living Kidney Donors
S. Getsin¹, M. Waldram¹, Y. Yu¹, D. Brennan¹, F. Al Ammary¹, J. Garonzik-Wang¹, M. Henderson¹, J. Locke², R. Reed², K. Lentine³, D. Segev¹, A. Massie¹
¹Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ²University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL, ³Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
*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
F. Al Ammary¹, S. Yu², A. Muzaale², L. Luckmini², D. C. Crews¹, D. Brennan¹, D. Segev², A. B. Massie²
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
L. M. Koenjer¹, J. R. Meinderts², A. T. Lely³, M. F. de Jong², O. W. van der Heijden¹, R. G. van der Molen⁴, H. W. van Hamersvelt⁵
¹Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ²Nephrology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ³Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, ⁴Immunology, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ⁵Nephrology, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, 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
E. Gutiérrez Vílchez¹, T. Vázquez¹, V. López¹, M. León², E. Sola¹, J. Sellares³, M. Cobo⁴, J. Cruzado⁵, A. Torío⁶, J. Kanter⁷, P. Ruiz-Esteban¹, D. Hernández¹
¹Nephrology Service, Regional University Hospital, University of Malaga, IBIMA, REDinREN (RD16/0009/0006), Málaga, Spain, ²Pathology Department, Regional University Hospital, University of Malaga, IBIMA, REDinREN (RD16/0009/0006), Málaga, Spain, ³Nephrology Department, Hospital Vall de Hebron, Barcelona, Spain, ⁴Cardiology Department, Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ⁵Nephrology Department, Hospital de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, ⁶Immunology, Regional University Hospital, University of Malaga, IBIMA, REDinREN (RD16/0009/0006), Málaga, Spain, ⁷Nephrology Department, Hospital Universitario Dr. Peset, Valencia, Spain
*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
X. Tian, W. Duan, T. Yan, X. Wu
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…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Recipient Outcomes Following Transplantation Of Allografts From Older Live Kidney Donors With Hypertension
F. Al Ammary¹, S. Yu², A. D. Muzaale³, D. C. Brennan⁴, A. C. Wiseman⁵, D. L. Segev³, A. B. Massie³
¹Johns Hopkins Medicine, Greenbelt, MD, ²Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ³Surgery, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁴Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁵Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO
*Purpose: Healthy older live kidney donor candidates with hypertension may provide an opportunity to increase live kidney donation. However, the impact of this practice on…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Standardizing Blood Pressure Measurement across 17 Pediatric Transplant Centers: The Improving Renal Outcomes Collaborative
M. E. Seifert¹, R. Garro², R. P. George², G. Barletta³, C. W. Belsha⁴, A. Chaudhuri⁵, J. W. Goebel⁶, L. Wickman⁷, D. Matossian⁸, J. Misurac⁹, C. Nailescu¹⁰, C. R. Nguyen¹¹, M. Pearl¹², A. Pollack¹³, C. S. Pruette¹⁴, P. Singer¹⁵, P. S. Verghese¹⁶, B. A. Warady¹⁷, D. S. Dahale¹⁸, D. K. Hooper¹⁸
¹University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, ²Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ³Phoenix Children's Hospital, Phoenix, AZ, ⁴Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO, ⁵Stanford University, Stanford, CA, ⁶Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, ⁷Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁸Lurie Children's Hospital, Chicago, IL, ⁹University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, ¹⁰Riley Hospital For Children, Indianapolis, IN, ¹¹Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA, ¹²UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital, Los Angeles, CA, ¹³Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, ¹⁴Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ¹⁵Cohen Children's Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY, ¹⁶University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ¹⁷Children's Mercy Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, ¹⁸Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
*Purpose: We report efforts from the Improving Renal Outcomes Collaborative (IROC) to standardize appropriate BP measurement across 17 pediatric kidney transplant centers.*Methods: 17 centers participated…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Liver Transplant Outcomes in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation
D. Devuni¹, P. Mahboub², P. Martins², C. Barry¹, I. Zacharias¹, B. Movahedi², G. Barnard¹, A. Bozorgzadeh²
¹Division of Gastroenterology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, ²Surgery, Division of Transplantation, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA
*Purpose: There is an increase in percentage of patients over the age of 65 yrs. who are being listed for liver transplantation (LT). Patients with…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Post-Donation Hypertension is Highly Associated with Estimated Nephron Number, Post-Donation Weight Gain, and Family History: A Prospective 5-Year Follow-Up after Living Kidney Donation
T. Schachtner¹, N. M. Otto², P. Reinke²
¹University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ²Charite University Medicine Berlin, Zurich, Germany
*Purpose: The rising prevalence of end-stage renal disease and chronic organ shortage subsequently calls more people upon to consider living kidney donation. Recent data, however,…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Arterial Blood Pressure Circadian Rhythm in Renal Transplant Recipients
A. M. Arriaga, Y. J. Lopez, J. A. Cedillo, L. A. Marino, J. M. Mejia, I. Parra, A. Cohen, L. E. Morales
Nephrology, National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition Salvador Zubirán,, Mexico City, Mexico
*Purpose: Approximately 80% kidney transplant (KT) recipients have high blood pressure, compromising graft survival and increasing cardiovascular risk. In the pre-transplant stage, alterations in blood…