2020 American Transplant Congress
Effects of Tenofovir and Entecavir on Glomerular Kidney Function in Liver Transplant Patients: A Nationwide Cohort Study
*Purpose: Entecavir and tenofovir are currently the first-line drugs in liver transplantation (LT) patients for the prevention of hepatitis B virus recurrence. Despite its proven…2020 American Transplant Congress
Bariatric Surgery to Improve Candidacy for Liver Transplantation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
*Purpose: As non-alcoholic steatohepatitis grows as an indication for liver transplant, the challenge managing obese pre-liver transplant patients will become more pronounced, especially because most…2020 American Transplant Congress
Brincidofovir for Treatment of Disseminated Human Adenovirus Infection in Pediatric Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
*Purpose: Brincidofovir (BCV) is an investigational antiviral drug with potency against Human Adenovirus (HAdV). We describe four cases of disseminated HAdV infection treated with (BCV)…2020 American Transplant Congress
Patient Attitudes Regarding Contraception and Pregnancy after Transplantation
*Purpose: Professional society recommendations regarding contraception and pregnancy after transplantation exist but little is known about patient attitudes.*Methods: We conducted a survey of female transplant…2020 American Transplant Congress
Unresolved Disparities: Sex, Racial, Ethnic, and Insurance Differences in Performance Status at Listing for Liver Transplant
Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation, New York, NY
*Purpose: Cirrhosis is a chronic disease characterized by progressive worsening in physical functioning. We hypothesized that poor performance status at time of listing was an…2020 American Transplant Congress
Epidemiology of EBV Infection and EBV Load Kinetics after Pediatric Living Donor Liver Transplantation
National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan
*Purpose: Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is a ubiquitous virus that infects more than 90% of adult population worldwide. EBV infection after pediatric liver transplantation (LT) accounts…2020 American Transplant Congress
Livers from Donation after Cardiac Death (DCD) Offer – Accept or Decline?
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Given the shortage of deceased-donor livers, donation after cardiac death (DCD) provides an opportunity to expand the donor pool. Due to concern over the…2020 American Transplant Congress
Can Biliary Internal Stents Reduce Biliary Complications in Adult Liver Transplantation?
*Purpose: Biliary complications remain a consistent cause of morbidity and mortality in liver transplant (LT) recipients and there is controversy as to whether the use…2020 American Transplant Congress
Prognostic Index of Circulating Tumor Cells for Tumor Recurrence in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma after Liver Transplantation
*Purpose: Liver transplantation (LT) is an effective option for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and end-stage liver cirrhosis. However, organ shortage and tumor recurrence are the main…2020 American Transplant Congress
Post-Transplant Hepatic CHOP Expression Dictates Clinical Outcomes in Liver Transplantation
1UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 2Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
*Purpose: Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress plays a pivotal role in the mechanism of liver ischemia reperfusion injury (IRI). Although we and others have demonstrated the…
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