2020 American Transplant Congress
IM Naltrexone Post Liver Transplant for Alcoholic Hepatitis Patients to Prevent Relapse
Transplant Surgery, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY
*Purpose: The number of patients requiring liver transplants due to Hepatitis C Virus is declining due to the new treatment options, and the growing number…2020 American Transplant Congress
Relative Transplant Center Organ Volumes are Associated with Patient and Graft Survival
Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
*Purpose: Transplant programs differ in relative volume of kidney and liver transplants. While there is a known volume-outcome relationship for organ-specific transplantation at an institutional…2020 American Transplant Congress
Normothermic Ex Vivo Perfusion of Marginal Liver Grafts Rapidly Stimulates Release of Graft-Derived Exosomes and Markedly Decreases the Inflammatory Pathways Induced at Early Times after Transplant Reperfusion
*Purpose: Normothermic ex vivo machine perfusion of liver grafts (EVLP) is emerging as a superior preservation technology to cold storage. Normothermic EVLP transforms a metabolically…2020 American Transplant Congress
The Liver Protects All? Donor Specific Antibody Formation in Heart-Liver Transplant Recipients
*Purpose: Donor specific antibodies (DSAs) are key in the development of antibody mediated rejection (AMR). Their role in decreased patient and graft survival has been…2020 American Transplant Congress
Humanized Mouse Reveals the Cytoprotective Function of Hepatocyte RXFP1 in Liver Transplant Recipients
*Purpose: RXFP1 (RLX family peptide receptor 1) is a cognate receptor for relaxin (RLX), an insulin-like growth factor, with vasoactive/remodeling properties. We have documented cytoprotective…2020 American Transplant Congress
Machine Learning to Predict Deceased Donor Liver Biopsy Results
United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: Biopsies are often cited as a key factor on whether to accept a deceased liver offer. Motivated by the influential role of biopsy findings…2020 American Transplant Congress
Effect of Pre-Transplant Opioid Use on Post Liver Transplant Outcomes
Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Burlington, MA
*Purpose: Impact of pre-liver transplant opioid use on post-liver transplant length of stay and clinical outcomes.*Methods: This single-institution retrospective study included adult patients who received…2020 American Transplant Congress
An Early Look at the National Liver Review Board
*Purpose: On May 14, 2019, the National Liver Review Board (NLRB) was implemented, establishing a national structure for liver exceptions comprised of three specialty review…2020 American Transplant Congress
Hepatic Microenvironment: Molecular and Chemical Changes Associated with Preconditioning Maneuvers
*Purpose: Liver preconditioning has been described to protect liver from ischemia injury and trigger liver regeneration. Hereby, we aimed to assess the effect of preconditioning…2020 American Transplant Congress
National Trends in Locoregional Therapy among Liver Transplant (LT) Candidates with Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) in the United States
1Stanford University, Redwood City, CA, 2University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: Advances in locoregional therapy (LRT) have expanded treatment options for patients with HCC. As recent policy changes in the United States (US) have lengthened…
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