- 2022 American Transplant Congress - De Novo Lipoprotein-X Causing Hypercholesterolemia and Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in Simultaneous Liver Kidney Transplant (SLKT) Patient*Purpose: Cholestasis can cause reflux and spillage of biliary lipid into the plasma which can combine with albumin forming lipoprotein-X. Severe hypercholesterolemia mediated by lipoprotein-X…
- 2019 American Transplant Congress - Management of Dyslipidemia after Liver Transplantation*Purpose: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains a major cause of long-term mortality in liver transplant recipients (LTR). Adequate control of CVD risk factors like hypertension, diabetes,…
- 2017 American Transplant Congress - Identification of Plasma Protein Biomarkers of Acute Renal Allograft Rejection.Background & Aim: Upon presentation of clinical symptoms, renal transplant recipients routinely undergo needle core biopsy to diagnose acute graft rejection. This procedure is invasive…
- 2016 American Transplant Congress - Clinical Outcomes of Kidney Allograft Recipients with Apolipoprotein L1 (APOL1) Risk Alleles from Living Kidney Donors.Background:Apolipoprotein L1 (APOL1) alleles G1 and G2 in deceased donors are associated with poor kidney allograft survival. However, the effect of these alleles in living…
