Articles tagged "Liver transplantation"

2021 American Transplant Congress
Adult Combined Liver-Heart Transplantation: The United States Experience
I. A. Ziogas¹, S. P. Alexopoulos¹, W. K. Wu¹, L. K. Matsuoka¹, M. A. Rauf¹, M. Izzy², R. Perri², K. H. Schlendorf³, J. N. Menachem³, A. S. Shah⁴
¹Division of Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ²Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ³Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ⁴Department of Cardiac Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
*Purpose: Combined heart-liver transplantation (CHLT) is now being practiced with increasing regularity and improved outcomes in the United States. We performed the most comprehensive review…
2021 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Donor and Recipient Age Differenceon Long Term Prognosis in Young Liver Transplant Recipients
A. Pita, A. Moro, J. C. McVey, D. J. Firl, M. Fujiki, T. Diago, C. Quintini, F. Aucejo, C. D. Kwon, K. V. Menon, K. Hashimoto, B. Eghtesad, C. Miller, K. Sasaki
The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: Although the importance of donor and recipient age in liver transplant (LT) are well-studied, the prognostic influences of donor and recipient age differences are…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Comorbidity Burden is Associated with Increased Waitlist Mortality Among NASH Patients
J. R. Montgomery¹, M. J. Englesbe¹, C. Connelly²
¹Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, ²General Surgery, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR
*Purpose: Nonalcoholic steatotic hepatitis (NASH) is an increasing and common indication for liver transplantation. The association between increased comorbidity burden and risk of death on…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Predictive Index for Liver Retransplantation
C. Christmann, G. Handing, M. McDonald, A. Anand, S. Keeling, N. T. Galván, R. Cotton, C. O'Mahony, J. Goss, A. Rana
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
*Purpose: Given the increase in demand for donor livers, it has become more critical than ever to predict mortality in order to identify the best…
2021 American Transplant Congress
DAP12 Promotes Liver DC Tolerogenicity by Negative Regulation of the CGAS-STING-IFN I Pathway
Y. Zheng¹, J. Long², N. Ryosuke¹, L. Peng³, F. Peng³, A. Thomson¹
¹Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Department of Cardiology, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China, ³Department of Kidney Transplantation, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China
*Purpose: Constitutive expression of comparatively high levels of DNAX-activating protein of 12KDa (DAP12) by liver myeloid dendritic cells (mDCs) has been implicated in their immune…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Death and Loss to Follow-up in Pediatric Liver Transplant Recipients Transferred to Adult Care: Who is at Risk?
J. P. Stevens¹, S. Gillespie¹, M. Katz¹, L. Hall², V. Kolachala¹, R. Ford³, N. A. Gupta¹
¹Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, ²Transplant Services, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, ³Internal Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
*Purpose: With improvements in surgical technique and immunosuppressive regimens, many pediatric liver transplant recipients are surviving to adulthood. Successful transition to an adult provider is…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Development of Novel Multivariable Logistic Regression Model for Predicting Acute Kidney Injury After Liver Transplantation
H. Chen, Y. Nie, Q. Zhao, X. He
Organ Transplant Center,, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
*Purpose: Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common early complication after liver transplantation, but there are no related predictive tools or models at present. The…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Serum Phosphatidylethanol is Superior to Urine Ethyl Glucuronide for Detection of Alcohol Use in Pre-transplant Patients
N. Lim¹, T. Leventhal¹, M. Thomson¹, M. Hassan¹, J. Thompson¹, S. Chinnakotla², V. Kirchner², T. Pruett², R. Kandaswamy², V. Humphreville², A. Adams², J. Lake¹
¹Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ²Division of Transplantation, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: More patients are presenting for liver transplant (LT) evaluation for alcohol-related liver disease (ALD). Detection of ETOH use has significant implications for patients undergoing…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Adult Deceased Donor Liver Transplantation with Split Liver Grafts vs Whole Liver Grafts. A Single-Center Experience
P. Vargas¹, C. Argo², H. Zachary², M. Stotts², N. Intagliata², P. Northup², S. Pelletier¹, J. Oberholzer¹, N. Goldaracena¹
¹Transplant Surgery, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA, ²Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA
*Purpose: The present study aims to report outcomes of adults following SLT in a single-center and compare this selected group with adults recipients following whole…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Assessing Liver Transplant Outcomes Utilizing Post-Cross Clamp Offers
K. Pont¹, E. Macdonough¹, D. Das², K. Valenti¹, P. Morgan¹, B. Aqel¹, A. Mathur¹, A. Moss¹, K. S. Reddy¹, C. Jadlowiec¹
¹Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ, ²Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine, Scottsdale, AZ
*Purpose: With the ongoing organ shortage, there has been increased interest in utilizing post-cross clamp (XC) liver allografts as a means of expanding the donor…