Articles tagged "non-heart-beating"

2015 American Transplant Congress
Ischemic Cholangiopathy Following Liver Transplantation from Donation After Circulatory Death Donors: Role of Tissue Plasminogen Activator Flush
C. Kubal,¹ R. Mangus,¹ J. Fridell,¹ M. Wingler,² S. Nagai,¹ B. Ekser,¹ J. Tector.¹
¹Department of Surgery, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN; ²Indiana Organ Procurement Organization, Indianapolis, IN.
Background: Formation of microthrombi within the peribiliary arterial plexus causing necrosis of biliary epithelium may be responsible for ischemic cholangiopathy (IC) after donation after circulatory…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Influence of Cold Ischemia Time in Combination With Donor Ischemic Events on Kidney Transplant Outcomes
M. Lubetzky, Y. Xia, P. Friedmann, C. Cortes, L. Kayler.
Transplantation, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY.
Deceased-donor kidneys may be exposed to various ischemic events either from donor instability as evidenced by acute kidney injury (AKI) or donation after circulatory death…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma Receiving a Donation After Cardiac Death Liver Graft
W. Goldkamp,¹ J. Vanatta,^2,3 S. Nair,^2,3 E. Wong,³ N. Dbouk.^2,3
¹Internal Medicine, The Universty of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN; ²Surgery, The Universty of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN; ³Methodist Universty Hospital Transplant Institute, Memphis, TN.
Background: Recent data suggests that patients with Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) who receive a donation after cardiac death (DCD) graft have inferior graft and patient survival…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Use of Tissue Plasminogen Activator (TPA) in Liver Transplantation from Donation After Cardiac Death (DCD) Donors: A Controlled Randomized Trial
B. Eghtesad, K. Hashimoto, M. Watson, M. Nazzal, C. Quintini, D. Kelly, T. Diago, N. Kawamura, G. El-Gazzaz, M. Fujiki, F. Aucejo, C. Winans, C. Miller, J. Fung.
Hepatobiliary and Liver Transplant Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH.
To further evaluate the impact of tPA in reduction of ITBS in livers recovered from the DCD donors we conducted a controlled randomized trial. Between…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Local Expansion in DCD Kidney Transplant Activity Improves Waiting List Outcomes and Addresses Inequities of Access to Transplantation
B. Mirshekar-Syahkal,¹ L. Bradbury,² P. Sun,¹ M. Aly,¹ M. Berry,¹ J. Norris,¹ J. Bradley,¹ G. Pettigrew.¹
¹Cambridge University, Cambridge, United Kingdom; ²NHSBT, Bristol, United Kingdom.
Introduction: Following expansion in our circulatory death (DCD) transplant program, our center now performs twice as many DCD as brain-death (DBD) kidney transplants. Here, we…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Survival Benefit of Kidney Transplantation With Expanded Criteria Kidney from Donors After Circulatory Death
X. Luo, A. Massie, E. Chow, D. Segev.
Johns Hopkins, Baltimore.
The purpose of this study was to compare the mortality risk and survival benefit of transplant with expanded criteria kidneys from donors after circulatory death…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Dual Kidney Transplantation – Utilising Marginal Kidneys
T. Rana, E. Ablorsu.
Cardiff Transplant Unit, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, United Kingdom.
Background: With the increasing shortage of donor kidneys a constant review of organ quality and utilisation is required. Getting any positive result from a potential…