Articles tagged "Liver"

2019 American Transplant Congress
Disparities in Pediatric Liver Transplant Waitlist Access
S. C. Kim¹, K. Ross¹, E. Hsu², R. Patzer¹, R. J. Lynch¹
¹Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ²University of Washington, Seattle, WA
*Purpose: While disparities in access to liver transplant are well documented among adults, differences in access to the waitlist for children in remote or underserved…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Contribution of CD38 to Methionine Choline Deficient (MCD) Diet-Induced Liver Injury in Rats
J. Kim, Y. Lee, B. F. Reader, C. Akateh, K. R. Maynard, K. W. Washburn, J. L. Zweier, B. A. Whitson, S. M. Black
Department of Cardiac Surgery, The Ohio State Univ. Medical Center, Columbus, OH
*Purpose: Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and associated non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is a rising cause of end stage liver disease, increasing the need for liver…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Hepatic Artery Anastomosis Post-Operative Anatomy Influences Doppler Ultrasound Systolic Acceleration Time after Liver Transplantation
R. A. Choudhury, A. Yule, K. Conzen, E. A. Pomfret, T. L. Nydam
Transplant Surgery, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO
*Purpose: Prolongation of the systolic acceleration time (SAT) and decreased resistive index (R/I) of the proper hepatic artery following liver transplant have been associated with…
2019 American Transplant Congress
What Do We Not Know about Long Term Liver Transplant Patients? A Look at Side Effect Burden and Medication Adherence
K. Foster¹, C. Perez¹, T. Harrison¹, H. Corbo¹, N. Patel¹, D. Taber¹, H. Meadows¹, J. Fleming¹, D. DuBay², J. McGillicuddy², N. Pilch¹
¹Department of Pharmacy Services, -Medical University of South Carolina, -Charleston, SC, ²Division of Transplant Surgery, Department of Surgery, -Medical University of South Carolina, -Charleston, SC
*Purpose: Historically our focus in transplantation has been on 1 year patient and graft outcomes. With the proposed shifts in legislation and the more recent…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Hepatic Stellate Cells and Liver Derived Endothelial Cells Improve Scaffold-Free 3D-Bioprintied Liver Model
A. M. Chen¹, W. Zhang¹, C. J. Koehler¹, K. Saglam¹, A. Isidan¹, J. R. Walsh¹, R. A. Naqvi¹, E. Gramelspacher¹, L. J. Smith², P. Li¹, B. Ekser¹
¹Transplant Division, Department of Surgery, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, ²3D-Bioprinting Core, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
*Purpose: Hepatic stellate cells (HSC) comprise about 2-8% of liver cells and are vital to hepatocellular function. Scaffold-free 3D-bioprinting (SF3DBP) allows creation of realistic tissue…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Hepatitis C Treatment and Transplant Outcomes in Liver Transplant Recipients with Hepatitis C Positive Donors
I. Booth, J. Clark, J. C. LaMattina, A. Haririan, R. N. Barth, B. Ravichandran
University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: With direct-acting antivirals for hepatitis C virus (HCV), transplant centers have expanded the donor pool with positive short term outcomes with early HCV treatment.…
2019 American Transplant Congress
No Plan is a Bad Plan! Results of the American Society of Transplantation (AST) Living Donor Community of Practice Mortality Workgroup Survey on Disaster Planning Following a Living Donor Death
M. L. Henderson¹, S. E. Van Pilsum Rasmussen¹, M. M. Waldram¹, K. L. Lentine², D. A. Mandelbrot³, R. L. Hays³, D. G. Maluf⁴, M. Cooper⁵
¹Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD, ²Saint Louis University, St Louis, MO, ³University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, ⁴University of Tennessee, Memphis, TN, ⁵Georgetown University, Washington, DC
*Purpose: The risk of perioperative mortality following living kidney and liver donation, although extremely low, must not be considered a ‘never event’. While the risks…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Sensitivity of 5-Tier System to Unadjusted Confounding
N. Salkowski, A. Wey, J. Snyder
SRTR, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: The Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) fits risk-adjusted models for its semiannual program-specific reports (PSRs). Although SRTR adjusts for as many important risk…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Exercise for Solid Organ Transplant Candidates and Recipients: A Joint Position Statement of the Canadian Society of Transplantation (CST) and Canadian Network for Rehabilitation and Exercise for Solid Organ Transplant Optimal Recovery (CAN-RESTORE)
T. Janaudis-Ferreira¹, S. Mathur², R. Deliva³, N. Howes⁴, C. Patterson⁵, A. Räkel⁶, S. So⁵, L. Wickerson⁷, M. White⁶, Y. Avitzur⁵, O. Johnston⁸, N. Heywood⁹, S. Singh⁷, S. Holdsworth¹⁰
¹School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴London Health Sciences Centre, London, ON, Canada, ⁵The Hospital For Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶University of Montreal Hospital Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁷University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁸Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁹McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ¹⁰Canadian Donation and Transplantation Research Program, Edmonton, AB, Canada
*Purpose: Exercise training has been shown to be beneficial across several chronic disease groups that may lead to solid organ transplantation (SOT), and across organ…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Sirna Uptake During Ex Vivo Hypothermic And Normothermic Liver Machine Perfusion: Beginning Of A New Era Of Organ Preservation
A. Gillooly¹, C. Moore¹, J. Perry¹, I. Bruggenwirth², M. Thijssen², X. Wang¹, X. E¹, P. Mandrekar¹, T. Kowalik¹, R. Porte², H. Leuvenink², R. Abdi³, A. Bozorgzadeh¹, P. N. Martins¹
¹University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, ²University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ³Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
*Purpose: RNA interference (RNAi) is a natural gene modulation process that was recently approved for clinical use and has great potential for treatment of many…