2017 American Transplant Congress
Efficacy and Safety of Everolimus with Reduced Tacrolimus or Cyclosporine in Pediatric Liver Transplant Recipients: 12-Month Results from H2305 Study.
1H2305 Study Group, St Louis; 2Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland
Purpose: Everolimus (EVR) facilitated calcineurin inhibitor (CNI) reduction has shown improved renal function (RF) without compromising efficacy in adult liver transplant recipients (LTxR). Here we…2017 American Transplant Congress
Contemporary Outcomes and Risk Factors of Acute Graft-versus-Host Disease After Liver Transplant.
Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
Introduction:Acute graft-versus-host-disease (GVHD) is a rare complication of orthotopic liver transplant (LT) that has an estimated incidence of 0.1%-2% per year. This complication of OLT…2017 American Transplant Congress
Live Donor Liver Transplantation Using Grafts with More Than Two Bile Ducts – Does It Affect Patient Outcome?
Multi Organ Transplant Program, Department of Surgery, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
Introduction: It's been described that the use of live donor (LD) liver grafts with multiple bile ducts (BD) increases the risk of BD related complications…2017 American Transplant Congress
B Cells in Liver Transplant Tolerance.
In mice liver transplantation, the liver allografts can be accepted across fully mismatched MHC without immunosuppression. After transplantation, T cells infiltrate into the graft in…2017 American Transplant Congress
A New Strategy for Loco-Regional Therapy of Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy as a Bridge to Liver Transplantation.
Background: Transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) or radiofrequency ablation are often used as local Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) treatment while waiting for a liver transplant (LTx). However, it…2017 American Transplant Congress
Direct Intrahepatic Delivery of Pegylated-Catalase Is Protective in a Rat Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury Model.
Introduction: Ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) is characterized by cessation of blood flow to an organ or tissue leading to accumulation of toxic metabolites and free radicals,…2017 American Transplant Congress
EPOR2/ßcR2-Independendent Effects of Low-Dose Epoetin-a in Porcine Liver Transplantation.
Introduction: Ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) remains the key component of graft damage during transplantation. Mechanistically, cold-induced apoptosis, microcirculatory disturbances and radical oxygen species formation contribute to…2017 American Transplant Congress
Diabetes in Liver Transplantation: Evaluation of Management and Associated Clinical Outcomes.
PurposeThere is limited data with diabetes management in liver transplant recipients and associated outcomes, this study aims to evaluate the long-term diabetes management in this…2017 American Transplant Congress
MMR and Varicella Immunity After Pediatric Liver Transplant.
1Baylor College of Medicine, Houston; 2Texas Children's Hospital, Houston
Background: Children listed for liver transplantation (LT) are at risk for decreased vaccine response due to age, underlying disease, or waning immunity. Live attenuated vaccines…2017 American Transplant Congress
Differences in Racial and Sex Disparities in Liver Transplantation Outcomes Between Older and Younger Adult Recipients.
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
Background: More older adults underwent liver transplantation (LT) in the past decade. While racial and sex disparities in LT outcomes have been reported in general,…
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