2020 American Transplant Congress
Incidence, Clinical Correlates and Outcomes of Pulmonary Hypertension after Kidney Transplantation: Analysis of Linked U.S. Registry and Medicare Billing Claims
*Purpose: To describe the incidence and mortality implications of pulmonary hypertension (P-HTN) in a large, national cohort of US kidney transplant (KTx) recipients.*Methods: We examined…2020 American Transplant Congress
Clinical Significance of Late Antibody-Mediated Rejection without Donor Specific Anti-hLA Antibodies
*Purpose: Late onset antibody-mediated rejection (AMR) is a leading cause of kidney allograft failure. Its diagnosis has been based on a combination of morphologic, immunohistologic…2020 American Transplant Congress
Comparing Surgical and Urological Complications Over Time in Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation
King's College London/Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital, London, United Kingdom
*Purpose: Despite advances in perioperative and post-transplant management over time, complications still occur following deceased donor (DD) kidney transplantation. This study aimed to determine the…2020 American Transplant Congress
The Centennial Allograft – Can an Organ Function for Over 100 Years in 2 Different Individuals?
SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
*Purpose: We investigated the occurrence of deceased-donor liver (DDOLT), deceased-donor renal (DDRT), and living-donor renal allografts (LDRT) that have achieved or come close to 100…2020 American Transplant Congress
The Importance of Caveolin-1 Immunohistochemical Staining for BK Nephropathy Seen after Kidney Transplantation
*Purpose: To understand the importance of molecular expression of Caveolin-1 in BKV nephropathy seen after kidney transplantion.*Methods: The kidney transplant patients who had a graft…2020 American Transplant Congress
Barriers to Organ Transplantation among Underrepresented Racial and Ethnic Groups
Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC
*Purpose: To understand how known patient, provider, and system-level barriers to organ transplantation differ by race and ethnicity.*Methods: We searched Pubmed and Scopus for articles…2020 American Transplant Congress
A Novel Formula to Determine Optimal Immunosuppression in Renal Transplant Recipients Treated with Tacrolimus and Mycophenolate Mofetil: Towards Individualized Immunosuppression
*Purpose: Tacrolimus (TAC) and mycophenolic acid (MPA) remain the most commonly used drug combination for kidney transplant immunosuppression. Adequate drug dosing is challenging due to…2020 American Transplant Congress
Waiting List and Transplant Outcomes of Highly Sensitized Kidney Patients
Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
*Purpose: Sensitized kidney transplant candidates represent a growing population on the waiting list. Transplantation of patients with high calculated panel reactive antibody (CPRA) can be…2020 American Transplant Congress
Serum Osteopontin Level is Negatively Associated with Vascular Reactivity Index by Digital Thermal Monitoring in Kidney Transplant Patients
*Purpose: Osteopontin (OPN) is a potent inhibitor of mineralization and is a potent inducible inhibitor of vascular calcification. Studies in patients noted elevated levels of…2020 American Transplant Congress
Late Intra-Patient Tacrolimus Variability Predicts De Novo Donor-Specific Antibody and Graft Loss
*Purpose: Intra-patient variability (IPV) of tacrolimus level has been associated with poor outcomes after kidney transplantation. However, these findings were limited mainly to measurements early…
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