2017 American Transplant Congress
Ischemia Reperfusion Injury (IRI) Causes Local Release of Free Heme Which Aggravates Inflammation and Contributes to Delayed Graft Function.
Ischemia reperfusion injury (IRI) is relevant in solid organ transplantation and contributes to delayed graft function (DGF). In this study, release of free heme after…2017 American Transplant Congress
Post Transplant Outcomes in Hepatitis C Positive Patients.
Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx
Hepatitis C (HCV) is associated with increased morbidity and mortality after kidney transplant (KTx). We aimed to assess outcomes of HCV positive patients at our…2017 American Transplant Congress
Full Dose Cyclosporine Permanently Reverses Uncontrolled BK Viremia That Is Refractory to Tacrolimus Minimization.
Medicine, UCSD School of Medicine, San Diego, CA
Latent BK infection is benign and common in transplanted kidneys, but active infection causes viremia and kidney damage. Standard practice is to reduce tacrolimus (TAC)…2017 American Transplant Congress
Benefits of Expanding Options for Patients Registered in the Kidney Paired Donation Program.
University of Toledo, Toledo, OH
Introduction: Kidney Paired Donation (KPD) programs play an important role in facilitating exchanges of incompatible donors. We reviewed the outcome of 1121 patients who were…2017 American Transplant Congress
Low Incidence of Acute Rejection within the Six Months After Transplantation in HIV Recipients Treated with Raltegravir, the ANRS 153 Treve Trial.
Renal transplantation is safe and effective in HIV patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD). High rates of acute rejection (AR) have been reported because…2017 American Transplant Congress
T-Cell Aging Parameters in the Lymph Node and Peripheral Blood Are Strongly Associated but Terminally Differentiated T Cells Are Mainly Located within the Circulation.
IntroductionAgeing is associated with changes in the peripheral T-cell immune system, which can be significantly influenced by latent cytomegalovirus (CMV)-infection. Therefore, we wanted to investigate…2017 American Transplant Congress
Transcript Changes Associated with Graft Rejection Are Not Specific for Rejection Because They Are Shared with Tissue Responses to Wounding.
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
The diagnosis of rejection by histology is based on the presence of relatively non-specific lesions. This is because the histology lesions are actually non-specific, but…2017 American Transplant Congress
Angioplasty versus Stent in the Treatment of Transplant Renal Artery Stenosis.
Objective: To compare restenosis rates and treatment efficacy between percutaneous transluminal angioplasty and stent placement in the treatment of transplant renal artery stenosis.Methods: We conducted…2017 American Transplant Congress
Renal Transplant Outcomes in Primary FSGS Compared with Other Recipients: A National Review of the Irish Transplant Registry.
Primary focal segmental glomerular sclerosis (p-FSGS) raises specific peri-transplant concerns, one of which is disease recurrence (r-FSGS). We aimed to compare transplant outcomes in patients…2016 American Transplant Congress
Understanding the Initial Rise in Kidney Discard Rates Observed Post-KAS.
1UNOS, Richmond, VA; 2Emory Univ, Atlanta, GA; 3Univ Hosp Case Med Ctr, Cleveland, OH.
Background: Kidney discard rates increased by 10% -- from 18.3% to 20.2% (p=0.001) -- during the first 7 months of KAS but returned to pre-KAS…
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