Articles tagged "Liver transplantation"

2022 American Transplant Congress
The Limited Role of Liver Transplantation in Porto-Pulmonary Hypertension Pathology
J. Doi¹, M. Fujiki², S. Chaudhry¹, T. Diago¹, F. Aucejo¹, C. Kwon¹, B. Eghtesad³, C. Miller⁴, C. Quintini⁵, K. Hashimoto¹
¹Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ²Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, ³The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ⁴The Cleveland Clinic, Bratenahl, OH, ⁵Cleveland Clinic, Beachwood, OH
*Purpose: Portopulmonary hypertension (POPH) refers to pulmonary artery hypertension (PH) as a consequence of portal hypertension with or without liver disease. Previous studies used pulmonary…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Covid-related Neonatal Cholestasis?: Liver Transplantation In Three Infants With Intrauterine Or Perinatal Covid Exposure
S. Sakhuja¹, K. Patel¹, N. T. Galvan²
¹Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ²Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
*Purpose: The COVID pandemic presents a unique set of challenges during pregnancy including thromboembolic complications, direct placental infection, transplacental transmission, and systemic hyperinflammatory state. The…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Absence of DAP12 Expression by Donor Liver-Derived Dendritic Cells Enhances Their Contact with T Cells in Host Secondary Lymphoid Tissue: Implications for Abrogation of MHC-mismatched Liver Transplant Tolerance in Mice
R. Nakano, A. Perez Gutierrez, G. Camirand, D. A. Geller, A. W. Thomson
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: Multiphoton intravital microscopy is a high-resolution, real-time, fluorescence imaging technique that enables study of interactions between cells in their native, 3-dimensional environment including organ…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Safety and Immunogenicity of BNT-162b2 versus Chadox1 Vaccine in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients: Prospective Study
A. Ajlan¹, T. Ali², H. Aleid², K. Almeshari², M. Alkaff³, S. Althuwaidi⁴, L. Fajji², A. Alali⁵, D. Halabi⁶, A. Ullah⁷, K. H. Marquez⁸, B. Elmikkaoui⁹, A. Alrajhi¹⁰, A. Zidan¹¹, E. Albogumi.¹², K. Bzeizi¹³, R. Almaghrabi¹⁴, E. DeVol¹⁵, M. Al-Awwami,¹⁶, S. Alghamdi¹³, P. Broering²
¹Pharmaceutical Care Division - Organ Transplant Centre of Excellence, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre (KFSHRC), Riaydh, Saudi Arabia, ²Organ Transplant Centre of Excellence, KFSHRC, Riaydh, Saudi Arabia, ³Medical Laboratory, KFSHRC, Riaydh, Saudi Arabia, ⁴Medical Microbiology, KFSHRC, Riaydh, Saudi Arabia, ⁵Transplant Coordination Team - Organ Transplant Centre of Excellence, KFSHRC, Riaydh, Saudi Arabia, ⁶Transplant Coordination Team - Organ Transplant Centre of Excellence, KFSHRC, Riaydh, Saudi Arabia, ⁷Kidney & Pancreas Health Centre, KFSHRC, Riaydh, Saudi Arabia, ⁸Analytics Data Centre - Organ Transplant Centre of Excellence, KFSHRC, Riaydh, Saudi Arabia, ⁹Data Management - Organ Transplant Centre of Excellence, KFSHRC, Riaydh, Saudi Arabia, ¹⁰Infectious Diseases - Medicine Department, KFSHRC, Riaydh, Saudi Arabia, ¹¹Abdominal Transplant & Hepatobiliary Surgery Centre, KFSHRC, Riaydh, Saudi Arabia, ¹²Data Management. - Organ Transplant Centre of Excellence, KFSHRC, Riaydh, Saudi Arabia, ¹³Liver & Small Bowel Health Centre, KFSHRC, Riaydh, Saudi Arabia, ¹⁴Infectious Diseases - Organ Transplant Centre of Excellence, KFSHRC, Riaydh, Saudi Arabia, ¹⁵Biostatistics, Epidemiology &Scientific Computing, KFSHRC, Riaydh, Saudi Arabia, ¹⁶Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics Laboratory Kidney & Pa - Organ Transplant Centre of Excellence, KFSHRC, Riaydh, Saudi Arabia
*Purpose: Data showed seroconversion after different SARS-CoV-2 vaccination platforms might yield diminished response in transplant recipients. However, it is unknown whether different vaccination platforms could…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Liver Transplant Recipient Gender and Race: Impact on Clinical Outcomes
M. M. French¹, R. Mangus¹, R. Holmes¹, A. Krause¹, J. Sumner¹, C. Kubal², B. Ekser³, P. Mihaylov⁴, J. Fridell⁵, A. Lutz⁶
¹Department of Surgery, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, ²Department of Surgery, Indiana University Hospital, Indianapolis, IN, ³Surgery, Indiana University - Transplant Surgery, Indianapolis, IN, ⁴Department of Surgery, Indiana Univ School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, ⁵Department of Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, ⁶Indiana University, Fishers, IN
*Purpose: Background. Health disparities are present in transplantation. This is a retrospective review of liver transplant (LT) recipients determining the impact of race/gender on early…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Donor-to-Recipient Body Surface Area Ratio on Graft Survival and Mortality Following Deceased Donor Liver Transplants
S. Radomski, L. Zeiser, A. Massie, S. Ottmann, D. Segev, E. King
Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: The impact of size mismatch on graft survival in living donor liver transplant is well established but is not a common concern in deceased…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Increased Use of DCD Liver Grafts Does Not Adversely Affect Outcomes: A Single-Center Experience
M. Finotti, G. McKenna, H. Fernandez, J. Bayer, S. Lee, E. Martinez, N. Onaca, G. Saracino, R. Ruiz, G. Testa, A. Wall, A. Gupta
Baylor University Medical Center/Baylor Simmons Transplant Institute, Dallas, TX
*Purpose: Donation after circulatory death (DCD) donors are underutilized in liver transplantation (LT), partly due to fear of inferior outcomes. Our center has evolved from…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction: Prevalence and Relation to Outcomes in Liver Transplantation Recipients
M. B. Hammami¹, H. Allaham², J. Grossman², P. Xue², K. Eagan², S. Gottlieb², C. Hong², L. Wang², C. Bhati², D. Maluf², K. Shetty², N. Urrunaga²
¹University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, ²University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Assess the prevalence and characteristics of patients with pre-transplant left ventricular diastolic dysfunction (LVDD) and its potential impact on post-transplant morbidity and mortality.*Methods: Retrospective…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Liver Transplantation in Patients with Portal Vein Thrombosis: Implications and Outcomes
D. Noguchi, C. J. Rosenthal, M. Ha, V. G. Agopian, D. G. Farmer, F. M. Kaldas
Liver and Pancreas Transplant Center, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Preoperative bland portal vein thrombosis (PVT) is common in Liver transplant (LT) candidates and has been suspected to negatively impact post-LT outcomes, however studies…
2022 American Transplant Congress
18 Month Impact of the National Liver Review Board
J. Foutz¹, S. Noreen¹, K. Bradbrook², M. Cafarella¹, J. Pomposelli³, S. Biggins⁴, J. Trotter⁵
¹United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA, ²Research, United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA, ³University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, ⁴University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ⁵Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX
*Purpose: The National Liver Review Board (NLRB) was implemented 5/14/2019, establishing a national structure for liver exceptions comprised of three specialty review boards and a…