Articles tagged "Liver transplantation"

2020 American Transplant Congress
Uncontrolled DCD vs DBD Liver Transplantation in the United States: Is it Safe to Push the Envelope?
R. A. Choudhury¹, D. Yoeli¹, H. Yaffe¹, H. B. Moore¹, G. Hoeltzel², A. Schulick¹, K. D. Conzen¹, J. J. Pomposelli¹, E. A. Pomfret¹, T. L. Nydam¹
¹Department of Surgery- Division of Transplantation Surgery, University of Colorado Hospital, Aurora, CO, ²Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: Uncontrolled donation after cardiac death (uDCD) liver transplantation has been theorized as a potential option to increase the donor pool due to the typical…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Twin Pregnancies after Liver Transplantation
L. A. Coscia¹, A. Yusuf¹, S. Rao², S. Constantinescu³, M. J. Moritz⁴
¹Transplant Pregnancy Registry International, Philadelphia, PA, ²Medicine, University of Virginia Heath System, Charlottesville, VA, ³Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Surgery, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, PA
*Purpose: The purpose of this study is to describe twin pregnancy outcomes in female liver transplant recipients.*Methods: Data were collected by the Transplant Pregnancy Registry…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Predictive Role of the Vitamin B12 in Acute Kidney Injury after Living Donor Liver Transplantation: A Retrospective Observational Cohort Study
J. Park, M. Chae
St.Mary's Hospital, Seoul, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: The aim of our study is to examine the association between serum vitamin B12 level and development of postoperative acute kidney injury (AKI) in…
2020 American Transplant Congress
IL-10 Exposure Enhances IRAK-M Expression to Promote Endotoxin Tolerance and the T Cell Tolerogenic Potential of Liver Conventional DCs
Y. Zheng, R. Nakano, A. Thomson
Surgery, Starzl Transplantation Institute, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: Liver conventional myeloid (m)DC contribute to liver transplant tolerance. When freshly-isolated, they produce low levels of IL-12 but high levels of IL-10 compared with…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy Following Liver Transplantation: A Single Center Experience
O. Shamaa¹, S. Jafri¹, M. Shamaa², K. Brown¹, D. Venkat¹
¹Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, ²General Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: Takotsubo cardiomyopathy also known as apical ballooning syndrome and stress-induced cardiomyopathy is a syndrome characterized by regional left ventricular systolic dysfunction that resembles myocardial…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Adult Liver Transplant Recipients Show Increased Fibrinolysis Resistance Compared with Pediatric Recipients: The Potential Impact of Anticoagulation between the Two Populations
H. B. Moore, T. Nydam, R. Choudhury, A. Schulick, C. Walker, M. Wachs, M. A. Adams
University of Colorado, Aurora, CO
*Purpose: Fibrinolytic changes in adult liver transplant patients have previously been demonstrated large transitions from excessive fibrinolysis (hyperfibrinolysis) to fibrinolysis resistance (shutdown) within 2 hours…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Cost Utilization and the Use of Pulmonary Functions Tests in Preoperative Liver Transplant
M. LaGoy¹, A. Ermekbaeva², J. Buggs³, S. Nyce⁴, D. Patino⁴, E. Rogers³, A. Kumar¹, N. Kemmer⁵
¹Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, ²Honors College, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, ³Transplant Surgery, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL, ⁴University of Tampa, Tampa, FL, ⁵Transplant Hepatology, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL
*Purpose: The American Society of Anesthesia recommends abdominal transplant patients receive pre-operative pulmonary function tests (PFTs) which cost nearly $2,500. Up to 88 percent of…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Unified Management of Inferior Vena Cava Web and Right Hepatic Vein in Living Donor Liver Transplantation for Membranous Obstruction of Vena Cava (Budd Chiari Syndrome)
Y. Nah, S. Park, E. Lee, S. Park
Department of Surgery, Ulsan University Hospital, Ulsan, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: In Eastern countries Budd Chiari syndrome (BCS) is most often caused by the membranous obstruction of the vena cava (MOVC). During living donor liver…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Rare Genetic Mutation Triggering Acute Liver Failure in a Toddler Needing a Liver Transplant
C. B. Chen¹, N. Mistry Ambani¹, A. Zeft¹, R. Garcia-Naviero², V. Hupertz¹, K. Hashimoto¹, K. Radhakrishnan¹
¹Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ²Akron Children's Hospital, Akron, OH
*Purpose: The AIRE gene plays an important role in immune tolerance by driving negative selection of self-recognizing T-cells. Mutations in this gene are responsible for…
2020 American Transplant Congress
The Pro-Inflammatory Profile of Alcoholic Patients Increases Risk for Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury During Orthotopic Liver Transplantation
A. Q. Terry¹, R. A. Sosa¹, M. Rossetti¹, F. Li¹, J. Nevarez-Mejia¹, B. V. Naini¹, F. M. Kaldas², V. M. Groysberg¹, S. M. Younan², R. W. Busuttil², D. W. Gjertson¹, J. W. Kupiec-Weglinski³, E. F. Reed¹
¹Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ²Department of Surgery, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ³Departments of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Surgery, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) elicits cellular damage which triggers a pro-inflammatory immune response that can lower allograft survival in orthotopic liver transplant (OLT) patients. In…