Articles tagged "Liver transplantation"

2020 American Transplant Congress
Myosteatosis and its Impact on Graft- and Patient Survival in Adult Recipients of Deceased Donor Liver Transplantation
Z. Czigany, W. Kramp, G. van der Kroft, P. Strnad, M. Zimmermann, W. Liu, G. Wiltberger, U. Neumann, G. Lurje
University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany
*Purpose: Recently our group demonstrated the role of myosteatosis in inferior perioperative outcomes (Czigany et al. Am J Transplant 2019) in recipients of orthotopic liver…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Persistent Fibrinolysis Shutdown in Liver Transplant Recipients is Associated with Early Allograph Dysfunction
H. B. Moore¹, T. Nydam¹, J. Pomposelli¹, C. Walker¹, A. Schulick¹, R. Choudhury¹, H. Yaffe¹, M. Adams², M. Cohen³, E. Pomfret¹
¹University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, ²Childrens Hospital, Aurora, CO, ³Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, CO
*Purpose: Early allograph dysfunction (EAD) in liver transplantation has been attributed to microvascular thrombosis. Treating grafts at risk of EAD with tissue plasminogen activator (tPA)…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Treprostinil is Safe and Potentially Useful in Preventing Ischemia and Reperfusion Injury in Adult Orthotopic Liver Transplant Recipients
R. Venkataramanan¹, I. H. Shaik², V. C. Pillai³, O. A. Almazroo⁴, M. K. Miah⁵, R. Xu², S. Dharmayan², A. Al-Khafaji², S. Ganesh², M. Molinari², A. Tevar², C. Hughes², A. Humar²
¹School Of Pharmacy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ²University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ³US Food and Drug Administration,, Silver Spring, MD, ⁴Saudi FDA, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, ⁵Astra Zeneca, Boston, MA
*Purpose: Ischemia and reperfusion injury (IRI) is one of the unavoidable complications in orthotopic liver transplantion. Hepatic ischemic injury begins during the preservation of the…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Maternal Peripartum Complications in Solid Organ Transplantation
R. X. Wang¹, G. S. Lee-Riddle², D. O. Walls³, D. S. Goldberg⁴, P. L. Abt²
¹Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, ²Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, ³Department of Surgery, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ, ⁴Department of Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL
*Purpose: Previous studies examining pregnancy related complications after solid organ transplantation (SOT) primarily relied on voluntary registries and meta-analyses. Herein, we investigated maternal delivery outcomes…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Progression of Insulin Resistance after Liver Transplantation – Prospective Study
I. Mikova¹, D. Erhartova¹, K. Dvorakova¹, P. Sedivy², M. Drobny², M. Dezortova², M. Hajek², M. Cahová³, H. Dankova³, E. Sticova⁴, V. Lanska⁵, P. Trunecka¹
¹Department of Hepatogastroenterology, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic, ²Radiodiagnostic and Interventional Radiology Department, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic, ³Experimental Medicine Centre, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic, ⁴Department of Clinical and Transplant Pathology, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic, ⁵Medical Statistics Unit, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic
*Purpose: Insulin resistance (IR) plays an important role in pathogenesis of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and other diseases. The data about prevalence and evolution…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Improvement of Renal Function Prior to Liver Transplantation is Not Associated with Better Long-Term Renal Outcome or Mortality
M. Sterneck¹, T. Horvatits², M. Touma², U. Herden³, A. Lohse², L. Fischer³
¹University Medical Center Hamburg Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany, ²Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany, ³Transplant Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
*Purpose: Since introduction of the MELD score in the liver allocation system, renal impairment in OLT recipients has become a topic of increasing importance. This…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Post Liver Transplant Biliary Complications in the Post HCV Era
M. Birch, K. Halazun, D. Tsapepas, C. Brenna, B. Samstein
New York Presbyterian - Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY
*Purpose: Biliary complications in the post HCV era has not been well defined.*Methods: We retrospective studied 209 patients transplanted from April 2015 to November 2019…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Evaluation of Risk Factors and Outcomes for Hepatic Artery Thrombosis Post Pediatric Liver Transplantation
J. T. McDonald¹, T. Miloh², K. Thompson¹, K. Hosek³, J. Goss¹, C. Kennedy³
¹Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ²Miami Transplant Institute, Miami, FL, ³Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX
*Purpose: Evaluate which transplantation parameters have an association with HAT, as well as to determine the success rate of HAT intervention at TCH since 2011.*Methods:…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Domestic U.S. Transplant Tourism: Analysis of U.S. Citizens Who Travel to Another State for Transplant
R. S. Mangus, M. F. Mount
Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
*Purpose: Transplant tourism is a phenomenon where patients travel away from their home to receive organ transplantation where organs are more readily available. This flow…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Transient Elastography to Evaluate Steatosis in Candidate Living Donors for Liver Transplantation
E. Palte¹, J. Duong², H. Remotti³, J. Burt³, A. Griesemer⁴, B. Samstein⁵, D. Marratta⁶, A. N. Fox⁷
¹Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, ²Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY, ³Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University, New York, NY, ⁴Department of Surgery, Columbia University, New York, NY, ⁵Department of Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, ⁶Department of Medicine, Columbia University, New York, NY, ⁷Department of Medicine, Division of Digestive and Liver Diseases, Columbia University, New York, NY
*Purpose: Living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) increases the donor pool and affords a life-saving cure to recipients who do not have MELD-based access to allografts.…