2015 American Transplant Congress
Superior Outcomes of Kidney Transplantation Compared With Dialysis in Korea: A Propensity–Matched Analysis of a National Population-Based Cohort Study Between 2005 and 2008
Background: Kidney transplantation (KT) can improve clinical outcomes in patients with end-stage renal disease. However, the data about KT outcome comparing with dialysis is rare…2015 American Transplant Congress
Similar Outcomes Can Be Expected Among HIV (+) Kidney Transplant Recipients (HIV+ Tx) Vs. HIV (-) Kidney Transplant Recipients (HIV- Tx) Receiving Similar Immunosuppression Protocols
Outcomes among HIV+ Tx continue to improve despite the established risk of rejection and calcineurin-nephrotoxicity. We sought to compare outcomes among HIV+ Tx vs. HIV-…2015 American Transplant Congress
Bortezomib Treatment in Antibody Mediated Rejection After Kidney Transplantation
BackgroundSeveral studies demonstrated bortezomib therapy for antibody-mediated rejection (AMR) in renal transplants. However, the treatment efficacy according to target antigen or occurrence time of AMR…2015 American Transplant Congress
Alemtuzumab in Elderly Renal Transplant Recipients Is Not Associated With a Poor Outcome
Imperial College Renal and Transplant Centre, Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
The use and choice of induction immunosuppression in elderly kidney recipients remains unresolved. Alemtuzumab has been associated with a higher risk of death and graft…2015 American Transplant Congress
Negative Exercise Myocardial Perfusion Scintigraphy Discards Silent Coronary Artery Disease in High Cardiovascular Risk Patients Awaiting for Kidney Transplantation
Study Purpose:Screening for silent coronary artery disease (SCAD) in patients awaiting kidney transplantation is still controversial. Indeed, guidelines of some scientific societies show important discrepancies.…2015 American Transplant Congress
Effect of 2007 CMS Conditions of Participation on High Risk Renal Transplantation: A Study of the United States Renal Data System
Division of Transplantation, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY.
BACKGROUND: On June 28, 2007, CMS introduced new Conditions of Participation (CoP) for Transplant Centers- the impact of these regulations on adult patients at high…2015 American Transplant Congress
Customized Reminders and Provider Notification to Improve Adherence to Immunosuppression
Background: Non-adherence to transplant immunosuppression is associated with an elevated risk of allograft loss. Novel, wireless-enabled pill bottles have created the opportunity to monitor patient…2015 American Transplant Congress
Microvascular (MIA) and Interstitial (i) Inflammation Influence Late Death-Censored Graft Failure (DCGF) After Kidney Transplantation
We and others have shown late DCGF is due to ongoing, most often immune, injury. Though there is general agreement that antibody-mediated injury is a…2015 American Transplant Congress
Elective Allograft Nephrectomy After Transplant Failure
University Hospitals, Transplant Institute, Cleveland, OH.
Background/Methods: Because of high rates of allograft intolerance and alloantibody sensitization after kidney transplant failure, we undertook a pilot study of elective allograft nephrectomy (ENx)…2015 American Transplant Congress
Husband to Wife Renal Transplants Are Associated With a Higher Risk of Early Antibody Mediated Rejection and Transplant Glomerulopathy
Patients with a low level preformed donor specific antibodies [DSA] with a negative FCXM/CDC cross match are at high risk of antibody mediated rejection [AMR]…
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