2022 American Transplant Congress
Disparities in Liver Transplant Access for HCC Patients Based on Patient Blood Type and the Intensity of Competition for Organs Under MMAT-3
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Recent policy changes (acuity circles and MMAT-3 for HCC MELD exception) aimed to reduce geographic disparities in access to liver transplant (LT) and mitigate…2022 American Transplant Congress
Organ Care System Use in Liver Transplantation Shifts Preservation-Reperfusion Injury in Time and Space
Department of Transplant Pathology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: Liver allograft ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) causes early allograft dysfunction (EAD). The TransMedics Organ Care System (OCS) PROTECT trial for liver transplantation (NCT02522871) revealed that…2022 American Transplant Congress
Evolution of Donation After Circulatory Death Liver Transplantation in the United States
Baylor University Medical Center/Baylor Simmons Transplant Institute, Dallas, TX
*Purpose: With the shortage of organs for liver transplantation (LT), different solutions have been proposed to expand the donor pool: utilization of extended criteria organs,…2022 American Transplant Congress
Induction Immunosuppression in ABO-Incompatible Liver Transplant Recipients
1Keck Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA, 2Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: ABO-incompatible (ABO-i) liver transplantation (LT) has been associated with an increased risk of AMR, as well as poor patient and graft survival. With advances…2022 American Transplant Congress
Increased Waitlist Mortality in Pediatric Liver Transplant Candidates with Greater Distance from Transplant Center
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Greater distance from transplant center in adult liver transplant (LT) candidates is associated with increased waitlist mortality. Pediatric LT candidates have higher waitlist mortality…2022 American Transplant Congress
Do Social Support Requirements Delay Time to Listing Decision in Liver Candidates?
1Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI, 2University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
*Purpose: Social support requirements in the evaluation of transplant candidates have recently come under increased scrutiny. One criticism is that these requirements delay listing decisions.…2022 American Transplant Congress
Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction: Prevalence and Relation to Outcomes in Liver Transplantation Recipients
1University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, 2University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Assess the prevalence and characteristics of patients with pre-transplant left ventricular diastolic dysfunction (LVDD) and its potential impact on post-transplant morbidity and mortality.*Methods: Retrospective…2022 American Transplant Congress
Experience Using Intra-Operative Dialysis in Surgically Complex Liver Transplantation
1Anesthesiology, Ochsner, New Orleans, LA, 2Surgery, Ochsner, New Orleans, LA
*Purpose: At our high-volume center, we often perform liver transplantation (LT) on surgically complex patients that includes re-transplantation, prior open liver resection, bariatric surgeries, extensive…2022 American Transplant Congress
Sarcopenia and Testosterone Deficiency with Chronic Liver Disease; Post-Liver Transplant Utility of Short Term Testosterone Replacement Therapy
1Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA, 2Presbyterian, New York, NY
*Purpose: Chronic liver disease is often associated with testosterone deficiency. However, testosterone therapy does not improve survival. So far, after a successful liver transplant (LTx),…2022 American Transplant Congress
Evolution of Pretransplant Cardiac Risk Factor Burden and Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events in Liver Transplant Recipients Over Time
Northwestern Medicine, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: The aim of this study is to evaluate the evolution of MACE and pre-LT cardiac risk factors in LTRs over time.*Methods: This is a…
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