Articles tagged "Liver transplantation"

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…
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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)…
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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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Does Pre-Operative Transarterial Chemoembolization(TACE) Increase the Risk of Early Post-Operative Pancreatitis After Liver Transplantation(LT)?
V. Kirchner, L. Zhang, T. Dunn, E. Finger, M. Hassan, R. Kandaswamy, J. Lake, P. Liu, E. Minja, O. Serrano, A. Pugalenthi, J. Thompson, K. Yadav, W. Payne, T. Pruett, S. Chinnakotla.
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
Background: Post-TACE pancreatitis in HCC patients is well documented complications. We sought to determine if prior h/o TACE in addition to other risk factors(RF) contributes…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Donor Transmited Rabies Outbreak Involving Four Transplant Recepients in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.
H. Elsiesy,^1,2 I. Hussain,³ F. Abaalkhail,^1,2 W. Al-Hamoudi,¹ H. Elbeshbeshy,¹ M. Al Sebayel,¹ D. Broering,¹ A. Elgohary,¹ S. Al Fawaz,⁴ S. Althawadi,⁵ J. Alotaibi,⁴ H. AlHindi,⁵ P. Nair,⁶ T. Al- Otaibi,⁶ N. Nampoory,⁶ L. Orciar,⁷ A. Velasco-Villa,⁷ P. Yager,⁷ T. Smith,⁷ W. Carson,⁷ M. Niezgoda,⁷ A. Wadhwa,⁷ R. Edgar Condori,⁷ Y. Li,⁷ R. Franka,⁷ M. Halim,⁴ R. Willoughby.⁸
¹Liver Transplantation, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; ²Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; ³Department of Critical Care, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; ⁴Department of Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; ⁵Pathology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; ⁶Hamed Al Essa Organ Transplant Centre, Ibn Sina Hospital, Kuwait, Kuwait; ⁷Poxvirus and Rabies Branch, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology (DHCPP), Centers for Disease Control (CDC), Atlanta; ⁸Pediatric, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.
Background and Aims: There have been 10 outbreaks of rabies following solid organ or corneal transplantation. In December 2014, 4 organ recipients died in 2…
2016 American Transplant Congress
A Retrospective Analysis of Rabbit Antithymocyte Globulin Dosing, MELD, Race, and Weight on Infection and Rejection Rates in Liver Transplantation.
R. Imai, U. Wang.
Department of Pharmacy, Stanford Health Care, Stanford, CA.
INTRODUCTION: Rabbit antithymocyte globulin (rATG) use in liver transplantation is uncommon. At our center, induction therapy is comprised of rATG dosed at 1 – 2…
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Growth of Liver Allografts in Pediatric Transplant Recipients.
S. Chaudhry, J. Stern, S. Lobritto, M. Martinez, J. Vitorrio, J. Emond, T. Kato, B. Samstein, S. Bentley-Hibbert, A. Griesemer.
Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY.
IntroductionThe liver's capacity to grow in response to metabolic need is well known. However, the long-term growth of liver allografts transplanted in pediatric patients has…
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Coping with Patient Death on Pediatric Liver Transplant Teams.
S. Duncan,¹ R. Arnon,² C. Dipietroantonio,¹ C. Knight,¹ J. Chu,² R. Annunziato.¹
¹Psychology, Fordham University, Bronx, NY; ²Pediatrics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY.
Purpose: Few studies have been conducted on how pediatric clinicians cope with patient loss, and there is sparse literature to guide resource allocation specifically among…