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Hepatologist and Surgeon Experiences Counseling Liver Transplant Candidates for an Organ Offer Decision
*Purpose: Liver transplant candidates receive counseling during evaluations to understand donor risk factors. After long periods on the waitlist, candidates who receive an offer for…2020 American Transplant Congress
Social Support in the Peri-Liver Transplant Period Affects Post-Transplant Survival, Rejection Rate and Length of Stay
*Purpose: Although social support is a key component of the pre-transplant evaluation, it’s effect on post-transplant outcomes remains understudied. The purpose of this study was…2020 American Transplant Congress
Liver Transplant Outcomes in Menopausal Women During the Meld Era
*Purpose: From an epidemiology perspective, menopausal women are an increasing proportion of the population, and menopause represents an important stage in which hormonal changes and…2020 American Transplant Congress
Molecular Phenotypes of Liver Transplant Injury: The INTERLIVER Study
1Alberta Transplant Applied Genomics Centre, Edmonton, AB, Canada, 2., ., AB, Canada
*Purpose: Liver parenchymal injury phenotypes are difficult to evaluate by histology but could be amenable to molecular assessment. Having developed a Molecular Microscope® Diagnostic System…2020 American Transplant Congress
Effects of Mandatory 6-Month Waiting Time Policy on Post-Transplant Outcomes and Explant Pathology in Liver Transplant Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: In the United States, current allocation policy mandates a 6-month waiting period before exception scores are granted to liver transplant (LT) candidates with hepatocellular…2020 American Transplant Congress
Delayed Kidney Transplant (KT) up to 2 Days in Combined Liver-Kidney Transplantation (CLKT) Offers Similar Renal Function as KT Alone: Comparison Analysis with Mate Kidneys
*Purpose: Delayed KT in CLKT (Indiana Approach) offers a less hostile environment with hemodynamically more stable patient at the time of KT. Positive impact of…2020 American Transplant Congress
Multiplexed Imaging Mass Cytometry Analysis Reveals a New Role for CD68+ Macrophages in Chronic Liver Transplant Rejection
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Rejection continues to be an important cause of graft loss and failure post-liver transplant (LT). Recently, a novel high-resolution mass spectrometry-based technique has been…2020 American Transplant Congress
Racial Disparities in Liver Transplant Outcomes Are Consistent Regardless of Transplant Center Characteristics in the United States
Emory University, Emory Transplant Center, Atlanta, GA
*Purpose: Black liver transplant recipients experience poor post-transplant outcomes; little is known about potential mechanisms of this disparity. We investigated whether racial disparities in liver…2020 American Transplant Congress
The Use of Cell-Free MicroRNAs for the Diagnosis of Allograft Rejection in Liver Transplant Recipients Using Standard and Novel Direct Detection Platforms
*Purpose: Standard immunosuppression therapy (IST) in liver transplant (LTx) recipients requires a delicate balance to prevent side effects and allograft rejection (AR). There is no…2020 American Transplant Congress
Validation of the Model for End-Stage Liver Disease Sodium Score in the Eurotransplant Region
*Purpose: The shortage of liver grafts results in the prioritization of the sickest patients on the waiting list for liver transplantation. Since 2006, the degree…
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