2021 American Transplant Congress
Pre Transplant Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate and Other Predictors of Mortality and End Stage Kidney Disease After Lung Transplantation
*Purpose: Lung transplantation is an established treatment for end stage lung disease and as survival has improved, chronic kidney disease (CKD) has become a common…2021 American Transplant Congress
Blood Pressure Variability Immediately After Liver Transplant Predicts the Likelihood of Long-Term Cardiovascular Events
*Purpose: Cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of mortality in liver transplant recipients (LTRs). Adequate blood pressure (BP) control within one year after liver transplant…2021 American Transplant Congress
Pre-Transplant Frailty is Associated with 30-Day Mortality but Not Long-Term Survival After Liver Transplantation
Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI
*Purpose: Frailty predicts waitlist death in liver transplant (LT) candidates, but the impact of frailty on mortality after LT is unknown. We investigated the association…2021 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Robotic Living Donor Right Hepatectomy in Liver Transplant Recipients: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
*Purpose: Living donor adult-to-adult liver transplantation (LT) has emerged as a feasible alternative to deceased donors. Advances in hepatobiliary surgery have allowed the introduction of…2021 American Transplant Congress
Comorbidity Burden is Associated with Increased Waitlist Mortality Among NASH Patients
*Purpose: Nonalcoholic steatotic hepatitis (NASH) is an increasing and common indication for liver transplantation. The association between increased comorbidity burden and risk of death on…2021 American Transplant Congress
Waitlist Outcomes for Exception Candidates Following the Implementation of MMaT/250 Score
1Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, 2Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: Starting in May 2019, exception points were allocated based on DSA-level median-MELD-at-transplant (MMaT/DSA). In February 2020, the exception point system was further modified based…2020 American Transplant Congress
Effect of Maintaining Immunosuppression after Kidney Graft Failure on Mortality and Re-Transplantation
*Purpose: Patients with a failed renal allograft are at high risk for mortality. The potential benefit of maintaining immunosuppression with the intent to minimize sensitization…2020 American Transplant Congress
Renal Transplantation in Jehovah’s Witnesses: A Single-Center Experience
Transplant Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: Transplant in Jehovah's Witnesses (JW) has been controversial due to their religious beliefs resulting in frequent refusal to accept a wide range of blood…2020 American Transplant Congress
Identifying an Optimal Liver Frailty Index Cutoff to Predict Waitlist Mortality in Liver Transplant Candidates
*Purpose: Frailty is associated with mortality in liver transplant (LT) waitlist candidates. We developed the Liver Frailty Index (LFI) to assess frailty in patients with…2020 American Transplant Congress
Distance and Community Characteristics are Associated with Waitlist Mortality Prior to Lung Transplantation
Vanderbilt Medical Center, Nashville, TN
*Purpose: While specific clinical characteristics known to impact lung transplant waitlist mortality and proximity to the transplant center have been associated with outcomes in other…
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