2019 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Transplant Outcomes in Recipients with Physical Impairments
*Purpose: Disability in general has been associated with poor outcomes in KT recipients. However, disability can be derived from various components, specifically visual, hearing, physical,…2019 American Transplant Congress
A Financial Analysis of Elderly Kidney Transplant Recipients
Henry Ford Transplant Institute, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: To compare and evaluate outcomes of for younger (Y) versus elderly (E) kidney transplant recipients (KTR) during the first year post-transplant. As the number…2019 American Transplant Congress
Organ-Specific Injury and Recovery Mechanisms in Post-Transplant Ischemia Reperfusion Injury
*Purpose: Ischemia reperfusion (I/R) injury is a major contributor to short-term graft function. Dissecting organ specific and common molecular pathways associated with I/R injury among…2019 American Transplant Congress
Specific Donor/Recipient HLA Disparities are Associated with Better Long-Term Kidney Allograft Survival among 4-, 5-, and 6-HLA (A/B/DR)-Mismatched Pairs
University of Toledo, Toledo, OH
*Purpose: The vast majority of deceased donor kidneys are allocated without any consideration for the HLA disparities, which may improve or worsen the survival the…2018 American Transplant Congress
Two Years of the HOPE Act
1United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA; 2Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.
The HOPE Act allows research on transplantation of organs from HIV+ donors into patients infected with HIV prior to transplantation. There are 42 kidney and…2018 American Transplant Congress
Renal Function, Blood Pressure, and Histologic Changes in Living Kidney Transplant Recipients from Hypertensive Donors
Little is known if a kidney from a hypertensive donor performs equally compared to a kidney from a non-hypertensive donor. The present study examines the…2018 American Transplant Congress
The Benefit of Higher KDPI Renal Transplantation over Waiting for a Better Offer
Background: The kidney donor profile index (KDPI) helps discern kidney function. While recipients must consent for KDPI >85% kidneys, clinicians often decide whether to accept…2018 American Transplant Congress
Clinical Outcomes of Patients with BK Viremia in ABO-Incompatible Kidney Transplantation and Comparison with ABO-Compatible Kidney Transplantation
Internal Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Background and Aim:ABO-incompatible kidney transplantation (ABOiKT) recipients may have an increased risk of BK virus allograft nephropathy (BKVAN), a major cause of renal dysfunction and…2018 American Transplant Congress
B Cell Immune Repertoire Sequencing Identifies Pre-Transplant Rejection Risk
1Surgery, UCSF, SF; 2ICHS, UCSF, SF; 3Pathology, Stanford, Stanford.
Background: The diversity of the B cell immune repertoire may drive humoral injury and rejection in organ transplantation (tx).Methods: We utilized advances in next-generation sequencing…2018 American Transplant Congress
Decreased Long-Term Survival with Antithymocyte Globulin Induction in Elderly Kidney Transplant Recipients
Henry Ford Transplant Institute, Detroit, MI.
Purpose: Long-term consequences of immunosuppression on the elderly is still unclear. This data to evaluates long-term outcomes for younger (Y) versus elderly (E) kidney transplant…
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