Articles tagged "Liver transplantation"

2020 American Transplant Congress
Type 1 Innate Lymphoid Cells Are Critical Pro-Inflammatory Effector Cells in a Fatty Liver Mouse Model of Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury
J. Kang, K. Loh, J. Green, M. Sadat, M. Stovroff, A. Duttargi, B. Kallakury, K. Khan, T. Fishbein, A. Kroemer
MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Washington, DC
*Purpose: Innate lymphoid cells (ILCs), the most recently described family of lymphoid cells, play fundamental roles in tissue homeostasis and immune regulation through the activation…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Long Term Outcomes Following Uncontrolled and Controlled Donation after Cardiac Death Liver Transplantation in the United States
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: Poor short-term outcomes following uncontrolled donation after cardiac death (uDCD) liver transplantation has led to near non-utilization of such donor allografts in the modern…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Efficacy of Radiofrequency Ablation in the Treatment of Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Compensated Liver Disease: A Pathological Evaluation of Liver Explants
W. Alhamoudi¹, I. Salih², S. Yousif², M. Shawkat³, K. Bzeizi², A. Albenmousa², S. Alghamdi², M. Sturdevant², D. Broering², H. Alsuhaibani²
¹Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, ²Liver Transplant, King Faisal Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, ³Internal Medicine, Minia University, Minia, Egypt
*Purpose: Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) is a safe and effective treatment for patients with limited hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Ablative outcomes have been largely based on radiological…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Effectiveness of Preemptive Therapy in the Prevention of Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Disease in High-Risk (Donor Seropositive/Recipient Seronegative) Liver Transplant Recipients
J. A. Morillas, K. Brizendine
Infectious Disease, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: Guidelines recommend preemptive therapy (PET) as one strategy for prevention of CMV disease in high risk liver transplant recipients (LTR). However, questions have been…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Increasing Utilization of Anonymous Nondirected Living Liver Donors in the United States
M. H. Raza¹, M. Lo², Y. Genyk³, L. Sher³, J. Emamaullee³
¹Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA, ²University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, ³Surgery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Recently, there has been growth in the rate of living donor liver transplantation in the U.S. Increasingly, liver transplant programs are evaluating potential anonymous…
2020 American Transplant Congress
The Association of Body Weight Gain/Change and Hepatocellular Carcinoma Recurrence after Liver Transplant
O. Ahmed¹, M. Sauer¹, N. Vachharajani¹, S. H. Chang², Y. Park², A. S. Khan¹, W. C. Chapman¹, M. B. Doyle¹
¹Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, ²Division of Public Health Sciences, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO
*Purpose: Functional recovery in liver transplant recipients is commonly confounded by weight changes relating to various aspects of liver disease such as cachexia, ascites and…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Live Donor Liver Transplant Offers Higher Survival, Improved Quality of Liver and Lower Morbidity for Recipients with Low MELD Score
M. Black, J. Bayer, H. Fernandez, E. Martinez, G. McKenna, N. Onaca, R. Ruiz, G. Testa, A. Wall, T. Ma, G. Saracino, S. Asrani, A. Gupta
Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX
*Purpose: The shortage of cadaveric liver grafts contributes to significant waitlist mortality. Patients with low MELD-Na score (
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Alcohol Relapse after Liver Transplant for Alcohol-Related Cirrhosis: A Longitudinal Assessment of Risk Factors for Relapse and Long-Term Survival
B. Rice, N. Mehta, J. L. Dodge, J. D. Grab, C. Sherman
University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: Relapse to alcohol after liver transplant (LT) is common but likely underreported in patients with alcohol-related cirrhosis (AC). The aim of this study was…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Serum Cystatin C Predicts Kidney-Related Outcomes and Transplant-Free Survival in Patients with End-Stage Liver Disease and Low Body Mass Index
N. Shankar¹, M. Garcia Saenz de Sicilia², A. Duarte-Rojo³, S. K. Asrani⁴, J. F. Trotter⁴, G. B. Klintmalm⁴, B. V. Fischbach⁵, S. A. Gonzalez⁵
¹Internal Medicine, Baylor Scott & White University Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ²University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, ³Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Center for Liver Diseases, Pittsburgh Liver Research Center, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁴Baylor Simmons Transplant Institute, Dallas, TX, ⁵Baylor Simmons Transplant Institute, Fort Worth, TX
*Purpose: Liver transplant (LT) candidates with sarcopenia are disadvantaged by creatinine-based assessment of renal function as creatinine overestimates glomerular filtration rate (GFR). Low body mass…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Atrial Fibrillation Predicts Inferior Survival in Liver Transplant Recipients of Advanced Age in a Large Multicenter U.S. Cohort
M. German¹, A. Hristov¹, A. Lee¹, F. Osman¹, A. Kwong², D. Devuni³, C. Wang⁴, J. Boike⁵, J. Jo⁵, L. VanWagner⁵, M. Serper⁶, R. Sharma⁷, E. Verna⁷, J. Shor³, A. Koteish⁸, G. Sehmbey⁹, A. Seetharam⁹, N. John², Y. Patel¹⁰, M. Kappus¹⁰, T. Couri¹¹, S. Paul¹¹, R. Salgia¹², Q. Nhu¹³, C. Frenette¹³, J. Lai⁴, A. Goel², E. Spengler¹
¹U of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, ²Stanford, Palo Alto, CA, ³U of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA, ⁴U of California, San Francisco, CA, ⁵Northwestern, Chicago, IL, ⁶U of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁷Columbia, New York, NY, ⁸Florida Hospital, Orlando, FL, ⁹U of Arizona, Phoenix, AZ, ¹⁰Duke, Durham, NC, ¹¹U of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ¹²Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, ¹³Scripps, San Diego, CA
*Purpose: More liver transplants (LT) are being performed in patients >65 years (y) - a population with higher rates of cardiovascular (CV) disease. It is…