2022 American Transplant Congress
Escalating Waitlist Mortality Above MELD 40: A Rationale to Uncap MELD 3.0?
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
*Purpose: MELD 3.0 is a recently proposed model that improves upon MELD-Na, incorporating sex and albumin as additional variables, updating existing coefficients and adding relevant…2022 American Transplant Congress
Identifying Predictors of Pediatric Heart Only versus Combined Heart-Liver Transplantation
Stanford University, Stanford, CA
*Purpose: A standardized protocol to identify which patients with Fontan failure require combined heart liver transplant (cHLT) versus isolated heart transplant (HT) has not yet…2021 American Transplant Congress
Transplant-free Survival in Alcohol-related Liver Disease (ALD) Patients Presenting with First Evidence of Ascites
*Purpose: The development of ascites is a poor prognostic sign for patients with cirrhosis. The factors associated with transplant-free survival at initial presentation with ascites…2021 American Transplant Congress
Identification of Molecular Markers for Liver Cirrhosis by Single-nucleus Rna Sequencing
*Purpose: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is characterized by metabolic syndrome and the accumulation of fat in the liver cells (hepatocytes) leading to inflammation and…2021 American Transplant Congress
Algorithms to Identify Alcoholic Hepatitis Hospitalizations in Patients with Cirrhosis
*Purpose: With the rising proportion of patients receiving liver transplantation for alcoholic hepatitis, it is important to identify methods of ascertaining hospitalizations with alcoholic hepatitis…2021 American Transplant Congress
Longitudinal Quality of Life Assessment in Liver Transplant – Feasibility Study and Early Results
Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: In addition to survival, quality of life (QoL) is critical to optimizing care in liver transplantation (LT). Although QoL is associated with clinical outcomes…2021 American Transplant Congress
A Shift in Paradigm: Phosphatidylethanol Testing to Monitor for and Address Alcohol Recidivism Following Liver Transplantation
*Purpose: Phosphatidylethanol (PEth) is a phospholipid that forms in the presence of ethanol with a long half-life compared to other alcohol detection tests. PEth testing…2021 American Transplant Congress
The Rate of Hospitalization Among Patients with Cirrhosis is More Than Twice as High as Patients Over 85 Years
*Purpose: Cirrhosis is a common disease however it is understudied because population data on patients with cirrhosis is lacking. While the risk of hospitalization in…2021 American Transplant Congress
The Role of Histone Acetylation/methylation Mediated Epigenetic Modifications in the Pathogenesis of Non-alcoholic Steatohepatitis-associated Liver Carcinogenesis
*Purpose: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most aggressive human cancers and is characterized by an acquisition of multiple abnormal phenotypes driven by epigenetic…2021 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunts (TIPS) in Dialysis-Dependent ESLD Patients: The ALTA Study
*Purpose: Data on the outcomes of patients with cirrhosis who require renal replacement therapy (RRT) at the time of transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunts (TIPS) is…
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