2015 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of High-Risk Lung Donors on the Survival of Lung Recipients With Interstitial Pulmonary Fibrosis
Matching donors and recipients is largely based on experience. With the implementation of the LAS, IPF candidates have the highest provability of being transplanted after…2015 American Transplant Congress
Pre-Existing Coronary Artery Disease in Lung Transplantat Recipients: Does It Impact Outcomes?
INTRODUCTION:In patients undergoing lung transplantation (LTx), the impact of pre-existing coronary artery disease (CAD) on long-term outcomes is not well understood. This study examines the…2015 American Transplant Congress
Broader Geographic Sharing of Adolescent Lung Donors Improves Allocation Efficiency
Allocating pediatric donor lungs to pediatric lung transplant (TXP) candidates results in better graft function. However, 87% of adolescent (ADL) donor lungs are allocated to…2015 American Transplant Congress
High Atherosclerotic Burden in Pediatric Lung Transplant Recipients
Purpose: Pediatric lung transplant patients have been reported to have an increased incidence of hypertension. This incidence might be caused by the treatment with calcineurin…2015 American Transplant Congress
A New Diagnostic Tool for Antibody Mediated Rejection in Heart and Lung Transplantation: Intragraft Donor Specific Anti-HLA Antibodies Detection
INTRODUCTION: Antibody mediated rejection (AMR) is one of the causes of dysfunction and graft loss. The limited histological features, with a weak sensibility of c4d,…2015 American Transplant Congress
Lung Biopsy Findings in Pediatric Lung Transplant Patients With Restrictive Physiology
Background: Long-term survival in pediatric lung transplantation is limited by bronchiolitis obliterans (BO), but varieties of chronic lung allograft dysfunction (CLAD) are poorly understood. Restrictive…2015 American Transplant Congress
Post Transplant De Novo Donor Specific Antibodies Correlate With the Development of Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome Following Pediatric Lung Transplantation
Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX; Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.
HLA donor specific antibodies (DSA) have been associated with poor allograft survival following adult solid organ transplantation (Tx). However, there is little evidence implicating post-Tx…2015 American Transplant Congress
Epidemiologic Change in Pulmonary Hypertension Patients Referred for Lung Transplantation Post Lung Allocation Score Implementation
Introduction: The lung allocation score (LAS) was designed and implemented in May 2005 to account for various measures of a candidate's health in an attempt…2015 American Transplant Congress
Th17 Mediates Inflammatory Responses After Lung Transplantation
Background: Long-term outcomes after lung transplantation are markedly worse than for other organs. The mechanisms that determine lung transplant rejection are not clear. The role…2015 American Transplant Congress
Long Term Survival After Single Versus Double Lung Transplantation in Patients With Pulmonary Fibrosis in the Modern Era of the Lung Allocation Score
Surgery, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA.
Objectives: To examine long-term survival in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) after the implementation of the lung allocation score (LAS) in single lung transplantation…
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