2020 American Transplant Congress
The Challenge of Selecting an Induction Agent: A Dual Regimen for Medically High-Risk Kidney Recipients
Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY
*Purpose: Complications of the commonly used lymphocyte-depleting induction agent, rabbit anti-thymocyte globulin (rATG),include cardiorespiratory dysfunction with hypotension, tachycardia, myocardial infarction, and pulmonary edema. The choice…2020 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Increased Visceral Fat in Kidney Transplant Recipients
*Purpose: An increased amount of visceral fat (VF) has been reported as a precursor to metabolic syndrome and is a risk factor for renal dysfunction.…2020 American Transplant Congress
Long-Term Outcome of Kidney Transplantation for IgA Nephropathy: A Single-Center Experiences
*Purpose: Immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN) is the most common primary glomerulonephritis worldwide, with a high recurrence rate after kidney transplantation (KTx). The aim of this…2020 American Transplant Congress
Ehrlichiosis Infection Presenting as Thrombotic Microangiopathy Early after Kidney Transplantation
*Purpose: Fever of unknown origin and clinical picture of Thrombotic MicroAngiopathy (TMA) are diagnostic challenges in the early period after kidney transplantation. Here we present…2020 American Transplant Congress
80 is the New 60: A Single-Center Outcome Study of Octogenarian Kidney Transplant Recipients
Weill Cornell Medicne, New York City, NY
*Purpose: Kidney transplantation is the treatment of choice for end stage renal disease. However, limited data is available on the outcomes of octogenarian recipients.*Methods: Retrospective…2020 American Transplant Congress
Autophagy Attenuates Renal Allograft Interstitial Fibrosis by Regulating the EndMT Induced by TNF-α
Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing, China
*Purpose: Kidney interstitial fibrosis is a significant cause of allograft failure in kidney transplantation. Autophagy is a self-digestive process that eliminates impaired or aged proteins…2020 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Transplant from Sickle Cell Donors
University of Mississippi, Jackson, MS
*Purpose: Patients with End-stage renal disease have an increased risk of death. Dialysis and kidney transplantation are the only treatments. Patients who receive kidney transplantation…2020 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Transplantation for the Prevention of Aggravation of Peripheral Arterial Disease in the Diabetic Ischaemic Lower Limb. A Multicenter Propensity Score Matched Cohort Study in Japan
Division of Transplant Surgery, St. Mary Hospital, Kurume, Japan
*Purpose: Japan substantially outperforms other countries in survival of patients receiving haemodialysis (HD). Unadjusted 5-year survival was 60% in Japan, 39% in the USA, and…2020 American Transplant Congress
Patient Attitudes Regarding Contraception and Pregnancy after Transplantation
*Purpose: Professional society recommendations regarding contraception and pregnancy after transplantation exist but little is known about patient attitudes.*Methods: We conducted a survey of female transplant…2020 American Transplant Congress
Effect of Simultaneous Presence of Anti-Blood Group A/B and -HLA Antibodies on Clinical Outcomes in Kidney Transplantation Across Positive Crossmatch: A Nationwide Cohort Study
Department of General Surgery, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: ABO-incompatible (ABOi) and positive crossmatch (XM) kidney transplantation (KT) have been considered immunologically challenging. The present study analyzed the clinical outcomes in XM positive…
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