2019 American Transplant Congress
Automated Histology Lesion Interpretation in Kidney Transplant Biopsies Shows That Pathologists Often Deviate from Banff Guidelines
*Purpose: Histologic diagnosis of kidney transplant biopsies requires an expert pathologist using Banff guidelines to interpret features. Some problematic guidelines require experts to use professional…2019 American Transplant Congress
No Plan is a Bad Plan! Results of the American Society of Transplantation (AST) Living Donor Community of Practice Mortality Workgroup Survey on Disaster Planning Following a Living Donor Death
*Purpose: The risk of perioperative mortality following living kidney and liver donation, although extremely low, must not be considered a ‘never event’. While the risks…2019 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Volumes in Healthy Donors – Does Size Really Matter?
*Purpose: To assess the relationship between craniocaudal renal diameters and renal volumes, as well as the frequency of appropriate renal selection for transplant using conventional…2019 American Transplant Congress
Beneficial Association between Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone-System Blockade Usage and Graft Prognosis in Allograft Immunoglobulin A Nephropathy
*Purpose: Although immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN) is associated with a high risk of renal allograft failure, evidences for its treatment, including renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system blockade (RAASB)…2019 American Transplant Congress
Near-Infrared Fluorescence Imaging with ZW800-1 Dye to Assess Donor Kidneys While on Ex-Vivo Normothermic Machine Perfusion
*Purpose: At present, more older and higher risk donor kidneys are accepted resulting in increased uncertainty about quality. This may result in unjustified discard of…2019 American Transplant Congress
Quantitative Epstein-Barr Virus Viral Load Monitoring in Pediatric Kidney Transplantation
*Purpose: Epstein Barr virus (EBV) belongs to the family of herpesvirus and is associated with a wide range of malignancies, including post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder (PTLD).…2019 American Transplant Congress
Hepatitis A Hospitalizations among Kidney Transplant Recipients in the United States: A Nationwide Study
*Purpose: Hepatitis A illness severity increases in immunosuppressed patients and one of important indicators of hepatitis A illness severity is whether patients require hospitalization. This…2019 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Regeneration with Biomimetic Vascular Scaffolds Based on Vascular Corrosion Casts
*Purpose: We have developed a biomimetic renal vascular scaffold based on a vascular corrosion casting technique. In this study, we evaluated the feasibility of using…2019 American Transplant Congress
National Trends in Bariatric Surgical Practice for Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease
*Purpose: Despite growing enthusiasm for the use of bariatric surgery in obese patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD), national practice patterns in this patient population…2019 American Transplant Congress
A Novel Genomic Approach for Acute Rejection across All Age Groups in Kidney Transplantation
Pediatrics/Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC
*Purpose: Acute Rejection remains a significant complication in kidney transplantation that affects long-term outcomes. Using a large collection of gene expression data obtained from multiple…
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