Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

2021 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Transplantation in Patients with Hereditary Kidney Diseases
Y. Caliskan¹, N. Garayeva², A. B. Dirim², S. Safak², S. Mirioglu², H. Yazici², A. Yildiz³, O. A. Oto², E. Demir², Y. Ozluk⁴, A. Turkmen², K. Lentine¹
¹Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO, ²Division of Nephrology, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey, ³Division of Nephrology, Uludag University, Bursa, Turkey, ⁴Department of Pathology, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
*Purpose: Genetic testing is poised to play a larger role in the evaluation and management of both kidney transplant (KTx) recipients and donors. We characterized…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Initial Experiment of Self-expanding Metal Ureteral Stent in Recurrent Ureteral Stenosis After Kidney Transplantation
Q. Zhong, T. Song, J. Zeng, Y. Fan, X. Wei, T. Lin
Urology Institute and Organ Transplantation Center, West China Hospital, Chengdu, China
*Purpose: Expanding metal ureteral stent has been proven to be effective in the treatment of ureteral stenosis (US). However, its application in US after kidney…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Clinical Validation and Performance of Donor-Derived Cell-Free DNA in Allograft Rejection
S. Anand¹, A. Pai², J. S. Bromberg³, G. Gupta⁴, I. Moinuddin⁴, T. Alhamad⁵, V. Bowers⁶, S. Ghosh⁷, W. Tian⁷, L. Bu⁸, E. Stites⁹
¹Intermountain Medical Center, Murray, UT, ²University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX, ³University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁴Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, ⁵Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, ⁶Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL, ⁷CareDx, Brisbane, CA, ⁸University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ⁹University of Colorado, Aurora, CO
*Purpose: Extensive literature regarding the utility of donor-derived cell-free DNA (dd-cfDNA) shares various thresholds for active rejection (AR) based on differing data sets for both…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Belatacept Conversion in Proteinuric Renal Transplant Recipients: An Interventional Multi-Center Trial
O. Efe¹, A. Al Jurdi¹, D. Wojciechowski², K. Safa¹, H. Gilligan¹, A. Chandraker³, J. Azzi³, A. Weins³, L. V. Riella¹
¹Center for Transplantation Sciences, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA, ²UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ³Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
*Purpose: Proteinuria develops in about 30% of kidney transplant recipients and is a strong predictor of graft loss. ACEis/ARBs can reduce proteinuria but are frequently…
2021 American Transplant Congress
I Would Do Whatever It Took”: Understanding the Motivation, Education and Experiences of Kidney Paired Donation Participants
R. Pines¹, Y. A. Iraheta², L. Ambriz², K. A. Dahmani², E. H. Wood², M. Cooper³, A. D. Waterman²
¹Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, Santa Barbara, CA, ²UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ³Medstar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Washington, DC
*Purpose: To improve kidney paired donation (KPD) educational programs, we conducted semi-structured interviews to understand motivations of past recipients and donors to participate in KPD,…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Equity in Access to Kidney Transplants by Race/ethnicity in the Covid-19 Era
D. Stewart¹, A. Robinson², K. Bradbrook², A. Wilk², D. Klassen³
¹United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA, ²Research, United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA, ³Chief Medical Officer, United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: The direct impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on minority populations has been well documented, and it is conceivable that disparities in access to kidney…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Attitudes Regarding Transplantation During the Pandemic: Give Me My Kidney Now!
T. Menser¹, M. Hobeika², A. Gaber², H. Ibrahim²
¹Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX, ²Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX
*Purpose: The transplant community faces ongoing challenges regarding the conduct of organ transplantation during the COVID-19 pandemic, and patient treatment preferences during the pandemic require…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Integrative Analyses of Circulating Small Rnas and Paired Kidney Graft Transcriptome in Transplant Glomerulopathy
C. Kuscu¹, K. Manjari², M. Akram³, C. Kuscu⁴, A. Wolen,⁴, A. Bajwa⁴, J. Eason⁴, D. G. Maluf⁵, V. Mas⁶, E. Akalin⁷
¹Surgery, James D Eason Transplant Institute, UTHSC, Memphis, TN, ²Department of Systems and Computational Biology, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad,, Hyderabad,, India, ³Center for Biomedical Informatics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, ⁴Surgery, James D Eason Transplant Institute, Memphis, TN, ⁵Surgery, Program in Transplantation, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, ⁶Surgery, Division Surgical Science, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, ⁷Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Abdominal Transplant Program, Albert Einstein College of Medicine,, NYC, NY
*Purpose: Transplant glomerulopathy (TG) develops through multiple mechanisms including donor-specific antibodies, T cells and innate immunity. We investigate the role of circulating small RNAs (sRNAs)…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Growth Differentiation Factor 15 Predictor Value is Superior to Troponin I in the Evaluation of Kidney Transplant Candidates
M. de Cos Gomez¹, M. Garcia Unzueta², A. Benito Hernandez¹, J. Mazon Ruiz¹, M. Perez Arnedo¹, A. Aguilera Fernandez¹, R. Valero San Cecilio¹, J. Ruiz San Millan¹, E. Rodrigo Calabia¹
¹Nephrology, Marques de Valdecilla University Hospital - IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ²Clinical Analysis, Marques de Valdecilla University Hospital - IDIVAL, Santander, Spain
*Purpose: Pretransplant cardiac troponin I (cTNI) has demonstrated its predictor value of survival after kidney transplant in previous studies. Growth differentiation factor 15 (GDF-15) is…
2021 American Transplant Congress
The Effect of the Affordable Care Act on Insurance Status, Waitlist, and Transplant Outcomes in Liver Transplantation
B. I. Shaw¹, M. L. Samoylova¹, V. Wang², T. Risoli Jr³, S. Peskoe³, K. Caddell³, L. M. McElroy¹
¹Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC, ²Population Health Sciences, Duke University, Durham, NC, ³Biostatistics, Duke University, Durham, NC
*Purpose: The Affordable Care Act (ACA) intended to expand Medicaid to cover all adults with income below 138% of federal poverty level. We describe the…