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,…2017 American Transplant Congress
WHO Group II Pulmonary Hypertension Is Associated with Decreased Survival in Patients Awaiting Liver Transplantation.
Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX
End stage liver disease (ESLD) patients with cirrhotic cardiomyopathy often have WHO Group II pulmonary hypertension (PH), characterized by pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP) >15…2017 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of De Novo Post-Transplant Diabetes on Hepatic Steatosis and Liver Transplant Outcomes.
Introduction: As the prevalence of diabetes (DM) increases in the general population, it is also increasing in the transplant (Tx) population. Post-transplant diabetes (PTDM) has…2017 American Transplant Congress
Steroid-Free Immunosuppression After Liver Transplant for Autoimmune Disease Does Not Result in Increased Disease Recurrence.
Immunosuppression regimens in patients with end stage liver disease (ESLD) from autoimmune hepatitis (AIH), primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) and primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) typically include…2017 American Transplant Congress
Assessing Self-Efficacy During the Transition from Pediatric to Adult Liver Transplant Care.
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Purpose: As part of ongoing quality improvement efforts, this project aimed to investigate changes in self-efficacy among adolescent / young adult liver transplant recipients participating…2017 American Transplant Congress
Effects of Liver Transplantation on Cardiac Function in Patients Transplanted for NASH Cirrhosis.
Internal Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH) is independently associated with increased cardiovascular events after liver transplantation (LT). NASH is also associated with subclinical myocardial dysfunction in the general…2017 American Transplant Congress
Largest US Series of Minimally Invasive Full and Laparoscopy-Assisted Living Donor Hepatectomy.
Surgery, New York Presbyterian/Columbia University, New York, NY
Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) has offered minimally invasive donor hepatectomies since 2008. Donor hepatectomies have been performed using 3 access routes (1) hybrid technique;…2017 American Transplant Congress
Unexplained Cost Variation for Liver Transplantation: A National Study of US Transplant Centers.
Background: Liver transplantation is a complex and costly procedure that is the only definitive treatment for irreversible liver disease. Given that transplant admission costs account…2017 American Transplant Congress
Recurrent HCC After Radiofrequency Ablation or Liver Resection Can Be Effectively Treated with Salvage Transplantation.
Background:Liver resection (LR) and radiofrequency ablation (RFA) represent curative therapies for early stages of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). If tumour recurrence occurs, salvage liver transplant (SLT)…
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