2019 American Transplant Congress
Ex Vivo Resection And Autologous Liver Transplantation As Management Concept For Extensive Malignancy
*Purpose: Neuroblastomas are rare neural crest derived tumors which contribute disproportionally to childhood morbidity and mortality. Surgical resection remains standard treatment, however adequate resection is…2019 American Transplant Congress
Clinical Presentation After Hepatitis B Recurrence In Liver Transplant Patients
Chang-Gung Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan
*Purpose: Combination of anti-hepatitis B immunoglobulin and antiviral agents is the standard care for prophylaxis of hepatitis B virus (HBV) recurrence after liver transplantation. However,…2019 American Transplant Congress
Lower Alcohol Taxes Are Associated with Increased Liver Transplant Listing
*Purpose: Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) is a leading indication for liver transplantation worldwide with rising prevalence. Whether relationships exist between transplant listing for ALD and…2019 American Transplant Congress
Paradoxical Liver Simulated Allocation Model (LSAM) Projections for Changes to Waitlist Mortality under Acuity Circle Distribution Model
1Emory, Atlanta, GA, 2Vanderbilt, Nashville, TN
*Purpose: In December 2018, the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) board voted to change liver transplant distribution from Donor Service Areas (DSAs) to a…2019 American Transplant Congress
Viability Testing and Transplantation of Marginal Donor Livers (VITTAL) Trial: Metabolomics of Ex Vivo Normothermically Machine Perfused Livers Discloses Molecular Signatures Predictive of Graft Viability and Post Transplant Outcomes
*Purpose: Donor organ shortage has led to increased reliance on high-risk livers for transplantation. Furthermore, emergence of machine perfusion has led to a paradigm shift…2019 American Transplant Congress
Sustained Biologic Response To Neoadjuvant Therapy Predicts Excellent Liver Transplant Outcomes For Locally Advanced Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma
*Purpose: Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (iCCA) is a contraindication for liver transplant (LT), but prior studies limited evaluation to incidental iCCA. We recently reported significant improvement in…2019 American Transplant Congress
Expanding the Donor Pool with Extended Criteria DCD Livers
*Purpose: Utilization of extended criteria donation after circulatory death (ECD DCD) livers has remained cautious due to potentially worse outcomes because of higher rates of…2019 American Transplant Congress
Renal Recovery and Prognostic Factors in Children Following Liver Transplantation
Department of Pediatrics II, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
*Purpose: Progression to chronic renal disease (CKD) is highly prevalent in adults following liver transplantation (LT) with a profound impact on patient survival, assuming that…2019 American Transplant Congress
Treg Plasticity is Induced by ENV,HERV1_I and UPR Activation in De Novo Autoimmune Hepatitis
*Purpose: FOXP3+regulatory T cells (Tregs) are not a terminally differentiated population & can, under specific environmental conditions, acquire the phenotype of effector T cells. We…2019 American Transplant Congress
Combined Liver and Delayed Kidney Transplantation (CLKT) Enables Similar Patient Survival as Liver Transplantation Alone (LTA): Propensity Score-Based Comparison
*Purpose: We previously showed the positive impact of delayed KT in CLKT on patient survival compared to simultaneous KT. It is well known from the…
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