Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

2020 American Transplant Congress
Establishing an Induction Protocol for Long-Term Multilineage Mixed Chimerism in Rhesus Macaques
K. Bruestle¹, H. Sakai¹, F. Fredriksson¹, B. Piegari¹, D. Ekanayake-Alper¹, A. McLuckie², R. Ober², J. Weiner¹, A. Iuga³, S. M. Coley³, M. Sykes¹, A. Griesemer¹
¹Columbia Center for Translational Immunology, Columbia University, New York City, NY, ²Institute for Comparative Medicine, Columbia University, New York City, NY, ³Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University, New York City, NY
*Purpose: Mixed chimerism (MC) induction via non-myeloablative conditioning and bone marrow transplantation (BMT) induces tolerance to solid organs. Our standard MC induction protocol in cynomologous…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Geographic Variation in Listing for Kidney Transplantation: A State-Level Assessment of Access among Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease in the United States
M. N. Mustian, H. Qu, D. Anderson, P. A. MacLennan, R. D. Reed, C. Kale, B. Orandi, B. A. Shelton, V. Kumar, M. Hanaway, J. E. Locke
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
*Purpose: Barriers to deceased donor kidney transplantation (DDKT) exist, including referral for transplant and waitlist addition, which may vary regionally. The objective of this study…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Determinants of Cardiovascular Benefit Observed in a Population with a Functioning Renal Transplant versus Patients Undergoing Chronic Dialysis
J. Sleiman, C. Castellaro, G. Laham, M. Schiavone, M. Biain, L. Brukman, G. Soler Pujol, C. Diaz
Nephrology, CEMIC, Caba, Argentina
*Purpose: Patients (pts) with end stage renal disease have a high morbidity and mortality rate, mostly due to cardiovascular events (CV). Transplantation (Tx) improves survival…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Validation of Prognostic Index for Allograft Outcome in Kidney Transplant Recipients with Transplant Glomerulopathy
M. Talwar¹, V. Balaraman¹, A. Bhalla¹, O. Cseprekal², M. Yazawa¹, P. S. Podila³, A. Azhar¹, L. N. Cossey⁴, J. D. Eason¹, M. Z. Molnar¹
¹James D. Eason Transplant Institute, Methodist University Hospital, Memphis, TN, ²Department of Transplantation and Surgery, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary, ³Faith & Health Division, Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, Memphis, TN, ⁴Arkanalabs, Little Rock, AR
*Purpose: Kidney transplant recipients with Transplant Glomerulopathy (TG) have very poor allograft survival compared to those without TG. The objective of this research was to…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Long Term Outcomes of Kidney Transplantation in Patients with AL-Amyloidosis – The Mayo Clinic Experience
A. Bentall¹, C. Heybali², J. Wen³, A. Hatem¹, C. A. Schinstock¹, E. Lorenz¹, M. El Ters¹, M. Mai⁴, H. Khamash⁵, D. Murray⁶, M. D. Stegall⁷, F. G. Cosio¹, M. P. Alexander⁶, N. Leung¹
¹Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²School of Medicine, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey, ³National Clinical Research Center of Kidney Disease, Jinling Hospital, Nanjing, China, ⁴Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, ⁵Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ, ⁶Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁷Department of Transplant Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
*Purpose: New clone-directed therapies and better definition of hematological response criteria allows assessment of post-kidney transplantation outcomes in patients with light-chain (AL) amyloidosis*Methods: Patients with…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Maternal Peripartum Complications in Solid Organ Transplantation
R. X. Wang¹, G. S. Lee-Riddle², D. O. Walls³, D. S. Goldberg⁴, P. L. Abt²
¹Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, ²Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, ³Department of Surgery, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ, ⁴Department of Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL
*Purpose: Previous studies examining pregnancy related complications after solid organ transplantation (SOT) primarily relied on voluntary registries and meta-analyses. Herein, we investigated maternal delivery outcomes…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Incidence of Cytomegalovirus Infection in Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation from Hepatitis-C Antibody Positive Donors to Hepatitis-C Antibody Negative Recipients: A National Registry Analysis
M. Yazawa¹, T. Fülöp², O. Cseprekal³, M. Talwar¹, V. Balaraman¹, A. Bhalla¹, A. Azhar¹, C. P. Kovesdy⁴, J. D. Eason¹, M. Z. Molnar¹
¹James D. Eason Transplant Institute, Methodist University Hospital, Memphis, TN, ²Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, South Carolina, SC, ³Department of Transplantation and Surgery, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary, ⁴Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN
*Purpose: Deceased donor kidney transplantation (KT) from hepatitis C (HCV) infected donors into HCV uninfected recipients (HCV D+/R-) will be the standard of care in…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Factors Influencing Emergency Department Utilization and Hospital Re-Admissions in an Adult Urban Renal Transplant Population
A. Lichvar¹, A. Patel², R. Petzel Gimbar¹, D. Pierce¹, I. Tzvetanov¹, E. Benedetti¹, M. Campara¹
¹University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, ²University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Emergency department (ED) visits and hospital re-admissions increase morbidity, decrease quality of life, and increase healthcare costs after renal transplant (RT). The purpose of…
2020 American Transplant Congress
The Plasma DdcfDNA Level Associates with the Pathological Characteristics in Renal Allograft
R. Wang, J. Shen, J. Wu, J. Chen
Kidney Disease Center, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
*Purpose: Donor-derived cell-free DNA (ddcfDNA) is a promising biomarker for monitoring the allograft health status, however, its relationship with the pathological characteristics is still elusive.*Methods:…
2020 American Transplant Congress
5-Year Simulated Allocation of Deceased Donor Kidneys in 3 Contiguous States within Region 3 Under the Latest 250 nm Circle Distribution Proposal
C. Warren¹, N. Battula¹, A. Zarrinpar¹, T. Kozlowski¹, M. Johnson¹, K. Andreoni²
¹University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, ²Abdominal Transplant, Surgery, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
*Purpose: The proposed kidney allocation replaces current local and regional by a 250 nautical mile (nm) radius circle from the actual donor hospital (DH) to…