2016 American Transplant Congress
Impact of the Kidney Allocation System with Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation: A Single Center Experience.
University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA.
Background: In December 2014, UNOS implemented broad sweeping changes in the new Kidney Allocation System (KAS). Recent summary reports by UNOS suggest that nationally, key…2016 American Transplant Congress
Role of Cardiac Evaluation and Management in Kidney and Liver Transplant Candidates.
Cardiac evaluation and risk stratification prior to kidney and liver transplantation can be critical to patient selection and outcomes.Methods: We assessed the impact of cardiac…2016 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Morbid Obesity on Breakthrough CMV Infection in Kidney Transplant Recipients.
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC.
Purpose: The aim of this study was to assess the impact of obesity on risk for cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection after kidney transplantation as well as…2016 American Transplant Congress
Survival Benefit of Living Donor ABOi Kidney Transplantation.
A recent editorial in AJT characterized ABOi transplants as "Twice as Expensive, Half as Good" and challenged the ABOi community to evaluate survival benefit of…2016 American Transplant Congress
Prospective Randomized OPEN Trial Designed to Reduce the Incidence of Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Infection in DE NOVO Kidney Transplant Recipients Two-Year Results.
Transplant, Hospital Geral de Fortaleza, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil.
Introduction: CMV infection is a frequent complication following organ transplantation, and is associated with inferior long-term patient and graft survival. Here we report the results…2016 American Transplant Congress
Efficacy and Renal Function in Kidney Transplant Recipients Receiving Tacrolimus (TAC)-Based Immunosuppressive Regimens in Combination with Everolimus (EVR) versus Mycophenolate (MPA).
Nephrology Division, Hospital do Rim - UNIFESP, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Acute rejection and renal function are associated with long-term renal allograft survival. We evaluated these outcomes in patients receiving reduced TAC exposure combined with EVR…2016 American Transplant Congress
Crisis on the Waiting List for Children Listed in Low Volume Solid Organ Transplant Centers.
Department of Abdominal Transplantation, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.
Purpose: In a recent analysis, we demonstrated that children listed in low volume liver transplant centers had poor waitlist survival and a depressed transplant rate…2016 American Transplant Congress
Avoidance of CNI and Steroids Using Belatacept – A Preliminary Report of CTOT-16.
1UAB, Birmingham; 2UCSF, San Francisco; 3Emory, Atlanta; 4Rho, Chapel Hill; 5NIAID, Bethesda.
CTOT-16 tested the hypothesis that belatacept used as maintenance immunosuppression (IS) in kidney transplantation would allow the long-term avoidance of CNI and corticosteroids. Methods: Primary…2016 American Transplant Congress
Urine Cell-Free Supernatant Metabolites Diagnostic of Antibody Mediated Rejection in Kidney Allografts.
1Weill Cornell Medicine, NY; 2Weill Cornell Medical College-Qatar, Doha, Qatar.
Introduction:Urine cell-free supernatant metabolite profiles provide a unique opportunity to interrogate intra-graft processes and have distinguished acute cellular rejection from no rejection in the Clinical…2016 American Transplant Congress
Anti-IL6R Therapy (Tocilizumab) Improves Long-Term Patient & Graft Survival in Patients with Chronic Antibody-Mediated Rejection and Transplant Glomerulopathy.
Comprehensive Transplantation Center, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.
Introduction:Extending the functionality of renal allografts is an essential goal of transplant medicine. HS patients (pts) are at increased risk for chronic ABMR (CABMR) due…
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