2021 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Graft Quality on Patient Survival in Sick Patients
*Purpose: It is widely accepted in the literature that patients who have a Model for End Stage Liver Disease (MELD) Score greater than 30 incur…2021 American Transplant Congress
The Effect of Acuity Circles on Deceased Donor Transplant and Offer Rates Across Meld and Exception Statuses
*Purpose: Acuity circles (AC) allocation was implemented on February 4, 2020. AC significantly changed the relative priority of candidates with allocation PELD/MELD scores of 29…2021 American Transplant Congress
Validation of PROMIS Anxiety Computer Adaptive Test in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
*Purpose: To assess the validity and reliability of the PROMIS Anxiety item bank administered using Computer Adaptive Test (PROMIS-A CAT) in patients who received solid…2021 American Transplant Congress
The Survival Benefits of Using Marginal Allografts in Liver Transplantation
*Purpose: Our study assessed whether using marginal allografts at initial time of listing provided similar or greater survival benefit versus waiting on the transplant waitlist…2021 American Transplant Congress
Liver Dysfunction Following Lung Transplantation
*Purpose: To describe the incidence and risk factors for postoperative hepatic dysfunction (POHD) following lung transplantation (LT) and long-term outcomes for these patients.*Methods: We performed…2021 American Transplant Congress
Epigenetic & Functional Changes Associated with Alloreactive Memory CD8 T Cell Subsets in Liver Transplant Patients
1University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, 2UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: Donor-specific allo-reactive memory CD8 T cells play a pivotal role in allo-immunity and represent a major hurdle against tolerance induction in solid organ transplantation.…2021 American Transplant Congress
Early Hypertransaminasemia in Kidney Transplant Recipient: Influence of Donor Type and Clinical Significance
Nephrology, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain
*Purpose: The increase in transaminases after kidney transplant (KT) is frequent. Although the cause is unknown, it has been associated with factors such as immunosuppression,…2021 American Transplant Congress
When One Size Does Not Fit All: Geographically Heterogeneous Liver Distribution
*Purpose: The new liver allocation system prioritizes distribution within acuity circles, instead of within DSAs. Acuity circles have the same radius around all donor hospitals…2021 American Transplant Congress
Influence of Frailty on Psychometric Factors and Health-related Quality of Life in Patients on the Waitlist for Liver Transplantation
University Medicine Essen, Essen, Germany
*Purpose: The aim of this prospective study was to evaluate the influence of frailty on depression, anxiety and health-related quality of life for patients on…2021 American Transplant Congress
Human Liver-derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cells (MSC) are Superior Inhibitors of Natural Killer Cells Compared to Bone Marrow or Adipose Tissue-derived MSC
*Purpose: Guided by the liver allografts’ unique tolerogenic microenvironment and the immunoprotective impact on simultaneously transplanted organs, we recently isolated liver mesenchymal stromal cells (L-MSC)…
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