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Articles tagged "Liver transplantation"

  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Experience of Short-Term Preemptive Treatment for Cytomegalovirus Infection in Seropositive Patients After Liver Transplantation – Ten Years Result of a Single Institution.

    T.-J. Wu, Y.-C. Wang, C.-H. Cheng, T.-H. Wu, R.-S. Soong, C.-F. Lee, H.-S. Chou, K.-M. Chan, W.-C. Lee.

    Division of Liver and Transplantation Surgery, Department of General Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, Taoyuan, Taiwan.

    Background/purpose Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection remains a challenge following liver transplantation. Preemptive treatment is an effective strategy for CMV infection. This report shares the ten years'…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Mass Cytometry Reveals NK Cell and T Cell Subsets in Pediatric Liver Transplant Patients with Acute Rejection.

    A. Lau,1,2 K. Haas,1 T. Shawler,2 C. Esquivel,2 O. Martinez,2 R. Castillo,1 S. Krams.2

    1Pediatrics, Stanford/LPCH, Palo Alto, CA; 2Surgery, Stanford, Palo Alto, CA.

    Proper evaluation of the immune status of liver transplant recipients is crucial for appropriate post-transplant management. Current monitoring of graft function relies mainly on non-specific…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Utility of a Routine Bench Cholangiogram for Deceased Split Liver Procedure.

    N. Battula, R. Anbarasan, V. Thumma, K. Sharif, T. Perera, P. Muiesan, D. Mirza.

    Liver Unit, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Liver Unit, Birmingham Children's Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom.

    Background: Biliary complications can result in a significant morbidity for split liver graft recipients. The segmental biliary anatomy, particularly the left biliary system is poorly…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Evaluation of the Major Adverse Cardiac Events Risk with Everolimus-Based Calcineurin Inhibitor Reduction or Withdrawal Regimen in Liver Transplant Recipients: 3-Year Post-Hoc Analysis of the Randomized H2304 Extension Study.

    P. Bernhardt,1 G. Dong,2 P. Lopez,1 G. Hustache,1 G. Bader.1

    1Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland; 2Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hannover.

    Purpose:Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is one of the leading causes of death in liver transplant recipients (LTxRs). Impaired glomerular filtration rate (GFR) is a risk factor…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Characteristics and Outcomes of Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus Bacteremia After Liver Transplant.

    R. Odrobina,1 C. Kovacs,1 R. Butler,2 C. Koval.1

    1Department of Infectious Diseases, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH; 2Quantitative Health Sciences, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH.

    Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus (VRE) infection is reported in 5-20% of liver transplant (LT) recipients and is associated with decreased survival. Published data includes infections of…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    HO-1/SIRT1/p53 Axis Regulates Macrophage Activation and Attenuates Liver Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury in Mice.

    K. Nakamura,1 M. Zhang,2 B. Ke,1 S. Kageyama,1 R. Busuttil,1 J. Araujo,2 J. Kupiec-Weglinski.1

    1Surgery, Liver Transplant, University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA; 2Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA.

    Background/Aim: The mechanism by which macrophage heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1)-Sirtuin1 (SIRT1) signaling promotes resistance against inflammation response in liver ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) remains elusive. As tumor…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Pre-Transplant Intra-Arterial Liver Directed Therapy Does Not Increase the Risk of Hepatic Arterial Misadventures in Liver Transplantation.

    J. Kallini,2 A. Gabr,2 R. Salem,2 R. Lewandowski,2 T. Baker.1

    1Comprehensive Transplant Center, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL; 2Division of Interventional Oncology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL.

    Background: Pretransplant liver directed therapy has emerged as standard of care for patients with end stage liver disease complicated by unresectable hepatocellular cancer. The aim…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    London Criteria for Listing Potential Liver Transplant Jehovah's Witness (JW) Patients. A Single Centre Results of Listing and Liver Transplant (LT) in JW Patients in Canada.

    H. Sharma, I. Al-Hasan, K. Pineda-Solis, M. Tun, P. Marotta, D. Quan, M. Levstik.

    Multi Organ Transplantation Unit, London Health Sciences Centre, London, Canada.

    Background: There is paucity of Level A evidence of consistent listing criteria and Liver Transplant in Jehovah Witness (JW) patients. London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC)…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Does Rising MELD Score Convey Worse Liver Transplant Outcome?

    A. Rahnemai-Azar, J. Perkins, M. Montenovo, T. Pearson, R. Bakthavatsalam, S. Rayhill, A. Dick, J. Reyes, L. Sibulesky.

    Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.

    Since February 2002, the Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) score has been used to allocate liver allografts in the U.S. The aim of this…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Liver Graft Steatosis Associates with an Increase of Circulating Immune Response Chemokines.

    R. Gehrau, V. Mas, A. Sharma, V. Bontha, D. Maluf.

    University of Virginia, Charlottesville.

    Background: Liver graft steatosis, especially macrosteatosis induces severe graft injury post-liver transplantation (LT) by activating cell-mediated immunity and inflammation. This study aimed to determine differential…
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