Articles tagged "Liver transplantation"

2015 American Transplant Congress
The Predictive Value of the Proliferation Marker Ki-67 in Patients With Fulminant Hepatic Failure
A. Shah,¹ U. Joneja,² D. Walls,¹ J. Farber.²
¹Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA; ²Pathology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA.
This study aimed to evaluate the prognostic significance of the cellular proliferation marker Ki-67 in the liver biopsies of patients with fulminant hepatic failure.Under IRB…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Donor Hemodynamic Profile Presages Graft Survival in Donation After Cardiac Death Liver Transplantation
M. Ertreo, C. Desai, R. Girlanda, T. Frias, T. Fishbein.
Transplant Institute, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC.
IntroductionDonation after cardiac death (DCD) grafts are prone to periods of prolonged hypoxemia and hypotension prior to donor expiration, leading to an increased complication rate,…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Hypothermic Machine Preservation Reduces Inflammatory, Hypoxic and Apoptotic Injuries in Human Liver Transplantation
J. Guarrera, C. Bae, S. Henry.
Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY.
Introduction: Hypothermic machine perfusion (HMP) is in its infancy in Liver Transplantation. We analyzed all molecular samples from our cumulative clinical experience at Columbia University.Methods:…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Living Donor Liver Transplantation for Biliary Atresia has Equivalent Survival and Shorter Waiting Time Compared to Deceased Donor Liver Transplantation
S. Alexopoulos,¹ V. Nekrasov,¹ L. Matsuoka,¹ K. Chouliaras,² Y. Genyk.¹
¹Department of Surgery, Keck Medical Center of USC, Los Angeles, CA; ²Department of Surgery, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC.
Purpose: To determine the benefit of living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) compared to deceased donor liver transplantation (DDLT) in the treatment of end stage liver…
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Acute Kidney Injury in the MELD Era of Liver Transplantation. Are Calcineurin Inhibitors So Problematic for Renal Function?
R. Ciria Bru, I. Gómez Luque, M. Cortés Cerisuelo, P. López Cillero, J. O'Grady, M. de la Mata, N. Heaton, J. Briceño Delgado.
Unit of Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation, University Hospital Reina Sofía, Córdoba, Spain; Unit of Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation, University Hospital Reina Sofía, Córdoba, Spain; Institute of Liver Studies, King's College Hospital, London, United Kingdom; Unit of Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation, University Hospital Reina Sofía, Córdoba, Spain; Institute of Liver Studies, King's College Hospital, London, United Kingdom; Unit of Hepatology and Liver Transplantation, University Hospital Reina Sofía, Córdoba, Spain; Institute of Liver Studies, King's College Hospital, London, United Kingdom; Unit of Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation, University Reina Sofia Hospital, Córdoba, Spain.
Acute kidney injury(AKI)after liver transplantation (LT) is common.Calcineurin inhibitors(CNI)have to be well-balanced.The aims were analyze the specific effect of CNI on AKI in a cohort…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Ethnic Barriers in Pediatric Liver Transplant Recipients. A Retrospective Study
M. Asolati,¹ T. Pillen,¹ R. Romero,² T. Heffron.¹
¹Surgery, Porter Adventist Hospital, Denver, CO; ²Children Hospital of Atlanta and Emory University, Atlanta, GA.
INTRODUCTION: Differences in access to OLTx continue to be present in minorities. Pediatric pts represent a particularly vulnerable population within minorities groups in need for…