2022 American Transplant Congress
Effect of Abdominal Aortic Calcification on Renal Function After Liver Transplantation
Department of Gastroenterological and Transplant Surgery, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
*Purpose: In the wake of improvement in engraftment and survival rates after liver transplantation (LT) in Japan, the onset of late complications, such as renal…2022 American Transplant Congress
Impacts Of Donor Gender On Recurrent Hepatocellular Carcinoma In Liver Transplant Donated After Brain Death
*Purpose: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common form of primary liver cancer. It is well known that HCC is predominant in males and prognosis…2022 American Transplant Congress
Sex Disparities in Access to Liver Transplant for Waitlisted Patients with Meld 40
*Purpose: Women with end-stage liver disease are less likely than men to receive a liver transplant, due in part to MELD’s reliance on creatinine and…2022 American Transplant Congress
Impact of COVID-19 on Increased Mortality in Liver Transplant Recipients in United States
Westchester Medical Center / New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY
*Purpose: COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on access to routine healthcare in both hospitalized and out-patient settings. This impact was also noted in…2022 American Transplant Congress
Utilizing Microsurgeon Expertise in the Salvage of Hepatic Artery Dissection
*Purpose: Living donor hepatic artery intimal dissection is a rare but devastating complication often resulting in inability to utilize the graft. We detail the salvage…2022 American Transplant Congress
Internal Validation of a Pre-Transplant Biomarker Panel to Predict Post-Transplant Mortality: The Liver Immune Frailty Index
1Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, 2Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX
*Purpose: Infection and sepsis are the greatest contributors to early post-liver transplant (LT) mortality. These often result from ongoing immune dysfunction, or “Immune Frailty”. We…2022 American Transplant Congress
Evolution of Pretransplant Cardiac Risk Factor Burden and Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events in Liver Transplant Recipients Over Time
Northwestern Medicine, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: The aim of this study is to evaluate the evolution of MACE and pre-LT cardiac risk factors in LTRs over time.*Methods: This is a…2022 American Transplant Congress
Pre-Transplant Self-Report of Length of Sobriety is Not Significantly Related to Early Return to Alcohol Use Post Transplant
1Psychiatry, VCU School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, 2The University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
*Purpose: Many transplant centers in the United States require six months of abstinence from alcohol prior to liver transplant. Recently, there has been an increased…2022 American Transplant Congress
Utility of Donor Derived Cell-Free DNA in Liver Transplantation
Surgery, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
*Purpose: As a non-invasive measure of allograft injury, quantifying the fraction of donor-derived cell-free DNA (dd-cfDNA) has proven to be useful technique in kidney transplantation.…2022 American Transplant Congress
National Landscape of the Utilization of Living Donor Liver Allografts in Redo Liver Transplantation
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: To examine the use of living donor liver allografts in patient’s requiring redo liver transplantation.*Methods: Using data from SRTR 2009-2020, we evaluated the number…
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