2020 American Transplant Congress
Selective Screening Imaging of the Aortoiliac Arterial System in Kidney Transplant Candidates Using Non Contrast Pevic Computed Tomography
Simmons Transplant Institute, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX
*Purpose: Noncontrast pelvic CT imaging can detect severe iliac artery calcifications (SAC) with technical contraindication to transplantation, avoiding morbidity from unnecessary surgical exploration.*Methods: We devised…2020 American Transplant Congress
Validation of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms for Acute Renal Graft Rejection
*Purpose: Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) has identified potential single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), which is associated with acute rejection in renal transplant recipients. We sought to…2020 American Transplant Congress
Successful Transplantation of the Kidney Graft with 5 Arteries and Intimal Dissection Injury – 9 Year Follow Up
*Purpose: Utilization of the Carrel patch allows easier implantation of the kidney graft with multiple small renal arteries. If it is not feasible, side-to-side renal…2020 American Transplant Congress
Incidence of Cytomegalovirus and Role of Reduced Dose Valganciclovir in Kidney Transplant Recipients
*Purpose: Valganciclovir (VGC) is the optimal agent for preventing cytomegalovirus (CMV) but its use is limited by cost and leukopenia. Reduced dose VGC (rVGC) has…2020 American Transplant Congress
Patient-Informed Design of an Educational Website on Living Kidney Donation
1Erie County Medical Center, Buffalo, NY, 2University at Buffalo, SUNY, Buffalo, NY
*Purpose: Web-based education may be a powerful tool to support kidney patients’ learning about living kidney donation (LKD); however, websites that are not user-friendly can…2020 American Transplant Congress
The Use of Allosure Donor Derived Cell-Free DNA in a Community Based Kidney Transplant Program
Kidney Transplantation, Christiana Care Hospital, Newark, DE
*Purpose: Donor derived cell-free DNA (dd-cfDNA) has emerged as a marker of kidney allograft injury. Beginning in 2019, the dd-cfDNA monitoring has been introduced as…2020 American Transplant Congress
Novel Insights Into High Alloantibody Production in CCR5 KO Recipient Mice
*Purpose: Antibody-mediated rejection (AMR) contributes to both early and late kidney allograft loss. Unfortunately, conventional immunosuppressants do not effectively control development of humoral alloimmunity in…2020 American Transplant Congress
UK Residents Transplanted Overseas: A Summary of UK Data from 2000-2016
*Purpose: Organ shortage has prompted UK residents to source organs overseas. Little is known about the circumstances in which these transplants take place, but stories…2020 American Transplant Congress
Survival Benefit of Accepting Kidneys from Older Donation after Cardiac Death Donors
*Purpose: Kidneys from older donation after cardiac death (DCD) donors are less likely to be transplanted due to concerns about inferior post-transplant survival. But candidates…2020 American Transplant Congress
Donor Intervention and Recipient Treatment with Recombinant Human C1 Inhibitor Prevents Delayed Graft Function in a Non-Human Primate Model of Kidney Transplantation
*Purpose: There is currently no FDA-approved treatment to prevent delayed graft function (DGF) in kidney transplantation. We have shown that donor or recipient treatment with…
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