2020 American Transplant Congress
Bariatric Surgery to Achieve Sufficient Weight Loss for Heart Transplant Candidacy: Results of a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
1UAB, Birmingham, AL, 2USC, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: As the obesity epidemic grows, it can be expected that an increasing number of heart failure patients will be precluded from heart transplant based…2020 American Transplant Congress
The Composite Molecular and Cellular Instability Score Identifies the Sub-Phenotypes of Histologically Stable Kidney Transplants
Department of Surgery, BCHSI, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: Recent molecular studies have highlighted the unrecognized burden of sub-clinical graft rejection of a histologically stable allograft, defined as transplants with absence of clinical…2020 American Transplant Congress
Bariatric Surgery to Improve Candidacy for Kidney Transplantation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
*Purpose: There is a growing epidemic of obesity in patients with end stage kidney disease in need of kidney transplant, paralleling the general population. Most…2020 American Transplant Congress
Bariatric Surgery to Improve Candidacy for Liver Transplantation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
*Purpose: As non-alcoholic steatohepatitis grows as an indication for liver transplant, the challenge managing obese pre-liver transplant patients will become more pronounced, especially because most…2020 American Transplant Congress
Risk Factors of Invasive Fungal Infections in Liver Transplantation: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
*Purpose: Invasive fungal infection (IFI) remains one of the most common infectious complications after solid organ transplantation. Liver transplant recipients (LTRs) have a higher mortality…2020 American Transplant Congress
Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV)+ Post-Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder (PTLD) is Associated with Tumor CCL3/CCL4 Expression and an Increase in Tumor-Infiltrating Monocytes
*Purpose: PTLD is a serious post-transplant complication that encompasses a spectrum of abnormal lymphoproliferations, including B cell lymphoma-type PTLDs. Although many are EBV-driven, a significant…2019 American Transplant Congress
Epidemiology of Parvovirus B19 and Anemia among Kidney Transplant Recipients
*Purpose: Persistent anemia has been described in kidney transplant (KTx) recipients with Parvovirus B19 virus infection. However, epidemiology of Parvovirus B19 and Parvovirus B19-related anemia…2019 American Transplant Congress
Effects of Proton Pump Inhibitors on Allograft Rejection and Adverse Effects in Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Systemic Review and Meta-Analysis
*Purpose: The adverse renal effects of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are being increasingly recognized in both the general population and chronic kidney disease patients. Several…2019 American Transplant Congress
Caregiving in Thoracic Transplantation–A SR/MA
*Purpose: Caregivers are required for heart and lung transplantation, however, little emphasis is placed on the pre-transplant caregiving experience. Our objective was to perform a…2019 American Transplant Congress
Aorto-Iliac Calcification is a Risk Factor for Inferior Patient and Graft Survival in Kidney Transplant Recipients; A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
HPB/Transplant surgery, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands
*Purpose: While the incidence of transplanting a kidney onto atherosclerotic iliac arteries is becoming more common, little is known about the clinical outcome. We performed…
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