2019 American Transplant Congress
Impact Of Delayed Kidney Transplantation On Positive Crossmatch Liver Kidney Transplantation
Department of Surgery, Indiana University Hospital, Indianapolis, IN
*Purpose: Kidney transplantation in sensitized patients is associated with an increased immunological risk. Significant decrease in circulating anti-HLA donor specific antibodies (DSA) has been observed…2019 American Transplant Congress
A Priori Identification of Hard-to-Place Livers
1SRTR, Minneapolis, MN, 2OPTN, Richmond, VA, 3SRTR, Mineeapolis, MN
*Purpose: Identification of hard-to-place deceased donor livers is important due to its potential role in expedited placement. Determining hard-to-place must be based on data available…2019 American Transplant Congress
Recipient Antibiotics Pretreatment Protects Liver Transplants from Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury via Prostaglandin E2: From Bench-to Bedside
Surgery, Dumont-UCLA Transplant Center, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: We and others have reported on benefits of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress modulation and autophagy enhancement to mitigate ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) in orthotopic liver…2019 American Transplant Congress
A Novel Program of Directed Domino and Split Liver Donations Increases Liver Transplants
Medstar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC
*Purpose: Liver transplants have not been performed in directed donor chains as have evolved for kidney transplants. We report an initial experience using domino and…2019 American Transplant Congress
Gender Disparity In Access To Liver Transplant Larger In White Than Black Patients
Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Disparities in receipt of liver transplantation (LT) by gender and race have been documented, limiting access to this life saving treatment for particular patient…2019 American Transplant Congress
Poor Long-Term Outcome of Liver Transplant Recipients with Preexisting Renal Insufficiency
*Purpose: Due to the MELD based allocation system the number of patients undergoing orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) with severely impaired renal function has markedly increased.…2019 American Transplant Congress
Functional Measures of Frailty and Not Sarcopenia Predict Mortality in a Prospective Cohort of Liver Transplant Candidates
Division of Liver Diseases and Transplantation, Columbia Univeristy Medical Center, New York, NY
*Purpose: Sarcopenia determined by single slice measures of abdominal imaging have been correlated with liver transplant (LT) outcomes. However, in end-stage liver disease (ESLD), these…2019 American Transplant Congress
Combined Ischemic and Rapamycin Preconditioning Alleviated Liver Ischemia and Reperfusion Injury by Restoring Autophagy in Old Mice
The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
*Purpose: Old livers are more damaged by hepatic ischemia and reperfusion (IR) injury than young livers. The aim of this study was to investigate the…2019 American Transplant Congress
Measuring of Outcomes in Liver Transplant Patients with or without Splenectomy: A Meta Analysis
Transplant Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
*Purpose: Splenectomy is performed in liver transplantation (LT) to regulate the portal vein pressure. Researchers have reported beneficial effects of splenectomy on rejection prevention, protection…2019 American Transplant Congress
Anticoagulation in Post-Liver Transplant Recipients with Portal Vein Thrombosis
*Purpose: The purpose of this study is to compare safety and efficacy outcomes in liver transplant recipients with portal vein thrombosis (PVT) at the time…
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