2020 American Transplant Congress
The Negative Impact of Inherent Oxidative Stress in Marginal Lungs on Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion
*Purpose: Identifying good quality grafts within the donor pool, ex vivo lung perfusion (EVLP) opens another window to evaluate grafts initially declined with marginal quality…2020 American Transplant Congress
Statin Use May Be Associated with Lower Risk of Invasive Aspergillosis in Lung Transplant Recipients
University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
*Purpose: Statins are competitive inhibitors of HMG-CoA reductase, that catalyses the conversion of HMG-CoA to mevalonate, which is involved in the synthesis of cholesterol in…2020 American Transplant Congress
Ambient Air Pollution and Waitlist Mortality among Lung Transplant Candidates
*Purpose: Previous studies suggested that air pollution is associate with higher risk of respiratory diseases and accelerated decline in lung function among general population. However,…2020 American Transplant Congress
Case Series of Belatacept for Calcineurin Inhibitor Sparing after Lung Transplantation
*Purpose: Belatacept is a recombinant soluble fusion protein which selectively blocks T-cell co-stimulation. It received initial FDA approval for prophylaxis of organ rejection in Epstein-Barr…2020 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Ozone Exposure of Lung Donors and Recipients on All-Cause Mortality after Lung Transplant
*Purpose: A Belgian study found proximity to a motorway increased risk of bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome after lung transplant (LT). Using zip codes as a surrogate…2020 American Transplant Congress
First Report of Successful CD38-Antagonist Daratumumab Augmented Carfilzomib-Based Treatment of Refractory Definite AMR of the Lung Allograft
1AdventHealth, Orlando, FL, 2University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: Antibody-mediated rejection (AMR) after lung transplant (LT) is associated with early progressive chronic lung allograft dysfunction (CLAD) and death. Therapeutic regimens remain poorly evaluated.…2020 American Transplant Congress
Effectiveness of Routine Screening for Mycoplasma Hominis and Ureaplasma spp. in Lung Transplant Recipients
*Purpose: In lung transplant recipients Mycoplasma hominis and Ureaplasma spp. may cause localized or disseminated infection and fatal hyperammonemia syndrome (HS). Optimal prevention strategies are…2020 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Pretransplant Malignancy on Heart and Lung Transplant Recipients
*Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate pre-transplant malignancy (PTM) as a risk factor for worsened post-transplant prognosis in heart or lung transplant…2020 American Transplant Congress
Measuring and Monitoring Equity in Access to Deceased Donor Lung Transplants among Lung Registrations
*Purpose: In 2018, the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) published a methodology to measure equity in access to deceased donor kidney transplantation that has…2020 American Transplant Congress
Improved Platelet Sequestration with Humanization of Von Willebrand Factor in Pig Xenogeneic Lung Perfusion Model
*Purpose: Von Willebrand factor (vWF) is an important element of hemostasis and when activated, mediates platelet adhesion and promotes platelet aggregation under shear stress conditions.…
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