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Articles tagged "Liver grafts"

  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Subnormothermic Machine Perfusion (SNMP) Leads to Increased Bile Production and Secretion of Hydrophilic Bile Acids After Liver Transplantation When Compared to Cold Storage (CS).

    B. Banan, R. Lopez, Z. Khan, C. Hughes, G. Michalopoulos, P. Fontes.

    University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh.

    Background: Bile production during machine perfusion and after transplantation has been used as marker of liver allograft viability and function. This study aimed to assess…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Liver Allograft Provides Immunoprotection for the Cardiac Allograft in Combined Heart-Liver Transplantation

    T. Wong, J. Stulak, J. Heimbach, M. Stegall, T. Taner.

    Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.

    When transplanted simultaneously, the liver allograft has been thought to have an immunoprotective role on other organs. However, detailed studies on simultaneous heart-liver transplantation (SHLT)…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Early Allograft Dysfunction Causes Inferior Patient and Allograft Survival in Liver Transplantation; an Experience of 1952 Consecutive Liver Transplants

    D. Lee, K. Croome, J. Burns, D. Perry, J. Nguyen, H. Crespo, C. Taner.

    Transplantation, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL.

    Background: Early allograft dysfunction (EAD) in liver transplantation (LT) is a useful intermediate outcome measure to predict graft loss or mortality. We sought to investigate…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Liver Allograft Utilization Within the United States: 2003-2013

    J. Renz,1 G. Diaz,1 L. Ratner,2 H. Yersiz,3 M. Millis,1 J. Matthews.1

    1Department of Surgery, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL; 2Department of Anesthesia/Critical Care, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL; 3Department of Surgery, Columbia University, New York, NY; 4Department of Surgery, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA.

    Objectives: 1) Evaluate liver allograft availability, utilization, and failure probability utilizing the liver donor risk index(LDRI) 2) Correlate allograft utilization with waitlist mortality and incidence…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Losartan Benefits Are Mediated Through SIRT1 Activation in Rat Reduced Size Orthotopic Liver Transplantation

    E. Pantazi,1 M. Bejaoui,1 M. Zaouali,1 E. Folch-Puy,1 A. Rolo,2,3 A. Panisello,1 C. Palmeira,2 J. Rosello-Catafau.1

    1Experimental Pathology, Institute of Biomedical Research of Barcelona (IIBB-CSIC), Barcelona, Spain; 2Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal; 3Center for Neurosciences and Cell Biology, Department of Zoology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.

    Background: Silent Information Regulator 1 (SIRT1) is a histone deacetylase that has been associated with protective mechanisms against IRI, but its role in liver transplantation…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Anti-Apoptotic But Not Mitotic Effects of 3,3',5-triiodo-l-thyronine in the Liver of Brain Dead Rats

    A. van Erp,1 R. Rebolledo,2 J. Wiersema-Buist,1 P. Ottens,1 H. Leuvenink,1 P. Romanque.2

    1Department of Surgery, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands; 2Department of Surgery, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile.

    Thyroid hormone treatment in brain dead organ donors has been extensively studied and applied in the clinical setting. However, its effectiveness remains controversial due to…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Remote Ischemic Perconditioning Induces Protection Against Hepatic Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury in Rats Via Downregualtion of Bax and Cleaved Caspase-3 Expression

    H. Ahn, M. Park, S. Joo, B. Kim.

    Department of Surgery, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea.

    Purpose: The aim of this study was to determine whether remote ischemic preconditioning (rPeC) method can protect the hepatic IR injury in rat or not…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Liver Flushing Using Colloid and Crystalloid Solutions

    J. Burg, D. Scott, K. Enestvedt, K. Roayaie, D. Scott.

    Abdominal Organ Transplantation, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland.

    Background:Preservation solutions such as University of Wisconsin solution and histidine-tryptophan-ketoglutarate solution have been cited as causes of hypotension and adverse donor reactions following reperfusion of…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Long Term Patency of Reconstructed Middle Hepatic Vein Extension Conduit Using Autologous Portal Vein Segment Derived from Explanted Liver

    S. Kapoor,1 S. Kalgaonkar,2 B. Nath,1 V. Varma,1 S. Maheshwari,2 A. Raut,2 V. Kumaran.1

    1Liver Transplantation & HPB Surgery, Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital & Medical Research Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India; 2Radiodiagnosis, Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital& Medical Research Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

    Background:Differing views persist on the need for V5&8 venous outflow reconstruction in right lobe living donor liver transplantationt(LDLT). Many centers in Asia and Europe believe…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Liver Fabrication Using Whole Organ Scaffold for Transplantable Graft in Large Animal

    K. Inomata,1 H. Yagi,1 K. Tazima,1 K. Sugiyama,1 M. Hieda,1 T. Hibi,1 Y. Abe,1 M. Kitago,1 M. Shinoda,1 O. Itano,1 T. Akaike,2 Y. Kitagawa.1

    1Surgery, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan; 2Department of Biomolecular Engineering, Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan.

    Background and aims: Orthotopic liver transplantation is only effective treatment for end-stage liver disease, however it is limited by shortage of donor livers. Therefore, novel…
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