Articles tagged "Liver transplantation"

2022 American Transplant Congress
Real-Time Application of Deep Learning in Diagnosis of Graft Fibrosis After Liver Transplantation Using Longitudinal Data
A. Azhie¹, D. Sharma², P. Sheth¹, W. Xu³, M. Bhat¹
¹Ajmera Transplant Program, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Department of Biostatistics, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Biostatistics Division, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
*Purpose: Graft fibrosis develops insidiously in liver transplant recipients and is associated with worse survival. Early detection of fibrosis is essential to avoid further progression…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Vitamin D Deficiency in Liver Transplant Recipients
V. Subramanian¹, T. Lippert², J. Buggs¹, N. Kemmer¹, K. Dhanireddy¹
¹Transplant Institute, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL, ²University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
*Purpose: Patients with chronic liver disease are at risk of nutritional deficiency. The goal of this study was to determine the prevalence of vitamin D…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Utilizing Microsurgeon Expertise in the Salvage of Hepatic Artery Dissection
R. Sitta¹, N. Ascher², J. Roberts², M. Piper³
¹General Surgery, UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ²Abdominal Transplant Surgery, UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ³Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, UCSF, San Francisco, CA
*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
G. G. Panayotova¹, D. T. Nguyen², E. A. Graviss², L. J. Minze², S. Simonishvili¹, Y. Qin¹, T. Ayorinde¹, G. Prakash¹, F. Paterno¹, L. Brown¹, A. Amin¹, X. C. Li², R. M. Ghobrial², J. V. Guarrera¹, K. E. Lunsford¹
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
C. Harrington, P. Levy, E. Cabrera, J. Gao, D. Gregory, C. Padilla, G. Crespo, L. VanWagner
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
J. Esswein¹, A. Powell¹, H. Bruschwein², S. Weinland¹
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
A. Zarrinpar, D. Lewis, C. Warren, S. Duarte
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
J. I. López, K. Nijhar, J. Mitchell, L. Bowles Zeiser, K. Key, A. Asamoah-Mensah, A. Thomas, R. Haneda, S. K. Romano, J. Huang, A. Massie, A. M. Cameron, D. L. Segev, E. A. King
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…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Donor Exercise Preconditioning Protects Murine Orthotopic Liver Grafts During Ischemia Reperfusion Injury
H. O. Yazdani, C. Kaltenmeier, R. Nakano, R. L. Simmons, D. A. Geller, S. Tohme
Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pissburgh, PA
*Purpose: Orthotopic liver transplantation (LTx) serves as the gold standard of care in patients with end-stage liver disease. However, a major obstacle to the immediate…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Safety and Efficacy of a Probiotic Protocol to Reduce Perioperative Infection After Liver Transplantation
M. Jorgenson, Q. Yang, G. Leverson, C. Saddler, J. Smith, N. Safdar, D. Al-Adra
University of Wisconsin Health, Madison, WI
*Purpose: Evaluate efficacy and safety of a probiotic preparation to reduce perioperative infection in patients undergoing liver transplant surgery*Methods: Adult patients receiving liver transplantation from…