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Articles tagged "Metabolic disease"

  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Liver Transplantation for Propionic Acidemia: A Review of the United States Scientific Registry for Transplant Recipients (SRTR) and Non-US Case Series.

    N. Celik, K. Soltys, G. Bond, Q. Sun, G. Vockley, R. Sindhi, G. Mazariegos.

    Surgery, Childrens Hospital of Pgh, Pittsburgh.

    Background: A fifth of all pediatric liver transplants in the US are performed for metabolic disease. Propionic acidemia, an autosomal recessive branched chain organic acidemia…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Combined Liver-Kidney Transplantation in Children: Long-Term Follow-Up in 27 Children.

    M. Kemper,1 B. Nashan,2 L. Fischer,2 F. Brinkert.1

    1Pediatrics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany; 2Hepatobiliary and Transplantation Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.

    Combined liver and kidney transplantation (CLKT) is an important treatment option for patients suffering from diseases like autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (ARPKD) or primary…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Domino Liver Transplant from Donors With MSUD: Operative Strategy and Long-Term Outcomes

    B. Kelly,1 K. Soltys,1 G. Bond,1 J. Vockley,2 K. Strauss,3 H. Morton,3 R. Sindhi,1 G. Mazariegos.1

    1Surgery, Hillman Center for Pediatric Transplantation, Children's Hospital Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; 2Pediatric Genetics, Children's Hospital Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; 3Pediatrics, Clinic for Special Children, Pittsburgh, PA.

    Liver transplant (txp) is the definitive branched chain keto-acid (BCKA) replacement therapy for patients with Maple Syrup Urine Disease (MSUD). Due to the extra-hepatic distribution…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Pediatric Liver Transplantation for Metabolic Diseases: Analysis of Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh (CHP) and United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) Databases

    A. Ganoza, B. Shneider, R. Sindhi, K. Soltys, G. Bond, G. Vockley, Q. Sun, G. Mazariegos.

    Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA.

    Purpose: To analyze long term patient survival outcomes after primary LTx for metabolic disease in children <21 years at CHP (1981-2014) and the multi-center UNOS…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Combined Robotic Kidney Transplantation and Sleeve Gastrectomy in Obese Recipients: Initial Results from Prospective Randomized Study

    I. Tzvetanov, G. D'Amico, G. Georgiev, H. Jeon, R. Garcia-Roca, E. Benedetti, J. Oberholzer.

    Surgery, Division of Transplantation, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL.

    IntroductionIn many transplant centers, patients with a BMI above 40 kg/m2 are either completely excluded or required to lose weight before being considered for kidney…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Longitudinal Assessment of Endothelial Function Following Kidney Transplantation

    C. Kensinger,1 G. Chen,2 A. Bian,2 T. Ikizler,3 K. Birdwell.3

    1Department of General Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN; 2Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN; 3Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.

    Purpose:Evaluate the progression of endothelial function as a marker of cardiovascular disease following kidney transplant.Background:Endothelial dysfunction is associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD) in end stage…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Diabetes Mellitus and Prediabetes On Kidney Transplant Waiting List – Prevalence, Metabolic Phenotyping and Risk Stratification Approach

    M. Guthoff,1 D. Vosseler,1 J. Langanke,1 S. Nadalin,2 A. Königsrainer,2 H.-U. Häring,1 A. Fritsche,1 N. Heyne.1

    1Dept. of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Angiology, Nephrology and Clinical Chemistry, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany; 2Dept. of General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.

    Purpose: Diabetes mellitus (DM), the most common cause of ESRD, limits access to transplantation and impairs patient and allograft outcome. Prediabetes is an independent risk…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Exercise Therapy Improves Body Composition Change After Kidney Transplantation

    M. Miura, H. Higashiyama.

    Department of Renal Transplantation Surgery, Sapporo Hokuyu Hospital, Sapporo, Japan.

    Objectives: Long-term graft and patient survival after kidney transplant is affected by metabolic disorders such as hypertension, obesity and diabetes. The aim of this study…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Correlates and Consequences of Gout Among Living Kidney Donors

    N. Lam,1 A. Garg,1 D. Segev,2 M. Schnitzler,3 H. Xiao,3 D. Axelrod,4 J. Tuttle-Newhall,3 D. Brennan,5 B. Kasiske,6 K. Lentine.3

    1Western Uni., London, Canada; 2John Hopkins Uni., Baltimore; 3Saint Louis Uni., St. Louis; 4Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Hanover; 5Washington Uni., St. Louis; 6Uni. of Minnesota, Minneapolis.

    Background: Currently, the demographic correlates and consequences of gout in living kidney donors are understudied.Methods: We examined a novel database that linked national U.S. identifiers…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Diabetes Mellitus Predicts Outcome in Obesity After Kidney Transplantation

    T. Schachtner,1,2 P. Reinke.1,2

    1Nephrology and Internal Intensive Care, Charité Campus Virchow Clinic, Berlin, Germany; 2Berlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies, Berlin, Germany.

    Obesity has been associated with an increased risk of graft loss and death after kidney transplantation. The role of cellular immunity in obese kidney transplant…
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