2016 American Transplant Congress
Histone Deacetylase-2 Gene Deletion in Mice Mitigates Liver Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury.
Introduction: Ischemia/reperfusion injury (IRI) causes significant morbidity in liver transplantation and other surgical scenarios. A better understanding of the molecular mechanisms of IRI is required…2016 American Transplant Congress
Incidence of and Risk Assessment for Adverse Cardiovascular Outcomes Following Liver Transplantation: A Systematic Review.
Purpose: Cardiovascular (CV) events remain a major source of morbidity and mortality following liver transplantation (LT). This review evaluates the incidence of and risk assessment…2016 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Liver Grafts from Donors with Very High Transaminases.
Department of Surgery, Transplant Division, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA.
Introduction: Traditionally, elevation of transaminases has been broadly used as markers of hepatic ischemic injury and crucial parameters for liver graft assessment. We wanted to…2016 American Transplant Congress
How Small Is Too Small: A Comparison of Access and Survival by Weight in Pediatric Liver Transplant Recipients.
Division of Abdominal Transplantation, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.
Introduction: Orthotopic liver transplantation is a well-established treatment modality for a wide variety of pediatric illness. With its associated technical challenges, paucity of size-matched allografts,…2016 American Transplant Congress
Limited Hepatitis B Immune Globulin Following Liver Transplant for Hepatitis B.
Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
IntroductionThe hypothesis of this study was that the long-term outcomes in liver transplant (LTx) patients with hepatitis B virus (HBV) who were treated with nucleos(t)ide…2016 American Transplant Congress
Improving the Efficiency, Safety and Cost of Evaluating Living Donor Liver Candidates Using Single Sequence MRI.
Background: Current evaluation of donor candidates for adult-to-adult living donor liver transplant (LDLT) includes MRI and CT without and with contrast for defining liver anatomy.…2016 American Transplant Congress
What Are the Charges and Costs of Transplanting High MELD Patients?
Transplant Surgery, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY.
Purpose: There is a significant variation in the MELD scores and subsequent morbidity among liver recipients in the US. Larger OPOs consistently serve patients with…2016 American Transplant Congress
DNA Methylation Patterns and Association with Graft Injury Severity Post Liver Transplantation.
Background: Epigenetics modifications in the graft may influence injury severity and function post liver transplantation (LT). This study aimed to interrogate the effect of different…2016 American Transplant Congress
Intraoperative Blood Loss Is a Promoter of Early Tumor Recurrence in Liver Transplant Patients with High Risk Hepatocellular Carcinoma.
Background:Currently, there is an increasing body of evidence that risk of early hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) relapse following liver transplantation (LT) may be promoted by mechanisms…2016 American Transplant Congress
Barriers to the Wider Utilization of Living Donor Liver Transplantation (LDLT).
Purpose: LDLT reduces waitlist mortality, improves access to transplantation and has post-transplant outcomes that are equivalent to or better than deceased donor transplant. Despite these…
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