Articles tagged "non-heart-beating"

2018 American Transplant Congress
Changes in Graft Gene Expression Contribute to Coagulopathy in UDCD Liver Transplantation
A. Hessheimer, M. Vendrell, D. Sabater, J. Muñoz, A. Blasi, J. García-Valdecasas, A. Ruíz, M. Navasa, C. Fondevila.
Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain.
Uncontrolled donation after circulatory death donors suffer cardiac arrest followed by unsuccessful resuscitation. Their livers have been successfully transplanted, though strict maintenance and selection criteria…
2018 American Transplant Congress
10-Year Outcomes of Renal Transplantation from Circulatory Death Donors with Increased Terminal Creatinine
Y. Tomita, K. Iwadoh, I. Nakajima, S. Fuchinoue.
Surgery III, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.
Background: To alleviate chronic renal graft shortages in Japan, donation after circulatory death (DCD) is an increasingly used organ resource. Organs from DCD donors with…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of DCD Renal Transplantation from Donors with Acute Kidney Injury
E. Grodstein, J. Yang, V. Nair, L. Teperman.
Northwell Health, Manhasset, NY.
BackgroundDeceased donor kidneys with acute kidney injury (AKI) are a viable source of organs, yet are frequently discarded. Outcomes of deceased donor renal transplantation (DDRT)…
2018 American Transplant Congress
DCD Utilization in Cholestatic Liver Disease: Distinct Outcomes between PSC and PBC Recipients
J. Pasko, E. Maynard, E. Dewey, K. Roayaie, S. Orloff, D. Scott, W. Naugler, J. Ahn, C. Enestvedt.
Abdominal Transplant Surgery, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR.
Background: Concern for inferior outcomes in patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) and primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) have limited utilization of donation after cardiac death…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Potential Impact of DCD Donor Recoveries on Heart Transplantation: Retrospective Analysis of a Limited UNOS Dataset
J. Lindower,² M. Farr,¹ S. Taylor,² U. Jorde,³ L. Chen,⁴ A. Gass,⁵ L. Truby,¹ S. Delair,² S. Pinney.⁶
¹New York Cardio-Thoracic Transplant Consortium, Troy, NY; ²Columbia/New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York; ³Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY; ⁴Rochester University Medical Center, Rochester, NY; ⁵Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY; ⁶Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY.
Purpose: To review the volume and quality of potential DCD (Donation after Cardiac Death) Heart Transplant (HT) donors in the US, evaluate trends over time…
2018 American Transplant Congress
A Medical Decision Analysis for the Use of Donation after Cardiac Death Donors for Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Transplant
A. Miller, K. Tennankore, B. Kiberd.
Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.
For patients on the simultaneous liver-kidney transplant (SLKT) waitlist, acceptance of donation after cardiac death (DCD) organs may facilitate earlier transplantation thereby reducing waitlist mortality,…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Donor Hepatectomy Time in Donation after Circulatory Death Donors is an Independent Risk Factor for the Development of Biliary Strictures and Early Graft Loss after Transplantation
O. van Leeuwen,¹ M. van Reeven,² M. Fujiyoshi,¹ V. de Meijer,¹ R. de Kleine,¹ M. de Boer,¹ J. de Jonge,² J. Ijzermans,² W. Polak,² R. Porte.¹
¹Department of Surgery, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands; ²Department of Surgery, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Introduction: Liver transplantation (LT) from donors after circulatory death (DCD) is associated with an increased risk of non-anastomotic biliary strictures (NAS) and early graft loss…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Consistency of DCD Procurement Procedures across Organ Procurement Organizations – Preliminary Findings
G. Mitro,¹ A. Ortiz,² R. Warnock,³ P. Wiederhold,³ K. Jiles,³ J. Ortiz.¹
¹University of Toledo College of Medicine, Toledo, OH; ²University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles; ³Life Connection of Ohio, Toledo, OH.
Intro: Variation among procedures across Organ Procurement Organizations (OPOs) may account for discrepancies in outcomes associated with the use of deceased after cardiac death (DCD).…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Factors Associated with the Development of Chronic Kidney Disease after Liver Transplantation
M. Kalisvaart, A. Schlegel, P. Trivedi, K. Roberts, D. Mirza, T. Perera, J. Isaac, J. Ferguson, P. Muiesan.
Liver Unit, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
BackgroundRenal dysfunction is a common complication after liver transplantation. The increased use of DCD livers has been associated with postoperative acute kidney injury (AKI). However,…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Donor and Procedural Variability in DCD Liver Transplant: Is It Time to Come to a Consensus?
L. Ruffolo, M. Balceniuk, R. Hernandez Alejandro.
Department of Surgery, University of Rochester Medical Center on Behalf of the IDOL Consortium, Rochester, NY.
Background:Donation after cardiocirculatory death liver transplantation (DCD LT) has re-emerged in part because of insufficient grafts for patients on waiting lists. Unfortunately, DCD LT has…