2022 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Recipient Obesity on Kidney Transplantation Outcome: A Retrospective Cohort Study with a Matched Comparison
Surgery, Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc, Bruxelles, Belgium
*Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of recipient obesity on posttransplant complications and patient and graft survival.*Methods: A single-institution, retrospective…2022 American Transplant Congress
The Effect of Bariatric Surgery Pre-Transplant on Renal Transplant Outcomes
Surgery, McGill, Montreal, QC, Canada
*Purpose: We compared post-transplant outcomes in patients with morbid obesity undergoing pre-transplant bariatric surgery to non-obese and obese patients without bariatric surgery.*Methods: Adult recipients of…2022 American Transplant Congress
Mortality and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Adult Non-Liver Solid Organ Transplant Patients with Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis
*Purpose: Despite the increasing incidence of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) worldwide, its impact on mortality or major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) in non-liver solid organ transplant…2022 American Transplant Congress
Recipient Race Modifies the Association Between Obesity and Long Term Graft Outcomes After Renal Transplantation
*Purpose: Both donor and recipient obesity are associated with adverse outcomes after transplant. Whether obesity, defined using body mass index (BMI), has different implications on…2022 American Transplant Congress
Association Between Increased Overweight at First Year After Kidney Transplantation and Long-Term Kidney Graft Outcome
*Purpose: The obesity is increasing in chronic kidney disease patients and associated with poor renal outcome. The role of inflammation within the adipose tissue in…2022 American Transplant Congress
Mitochondrial Transplant as Novel Therapeutic Modality to Reduce Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
*Purpose: Mitochondrial dysfunction in adipose tissue is one of the mechanisms contributing to obesity and its co-morbidities. Transfer of healthy mitochondria has proven successful in…2022 American Transplant Congress
Dialysis Patient Perspectives on Obesity as a Barrier to Kidney Transplantation
Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: Although obesity is a known barrier to kidney transplantation (KT) and associated with delayed graft function and graft loss, guidance is lacking on optimal…2022 American Transplant Congress
Body Composition and Relationship to Food Scarcity in Kidney Transplant Recipients (KTRS)
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, NY
*Purpose: Pts with food scarcity often have poor dietary habits which can result in changes in body composition, including increased or decreased body fat depending…2022 American Transplant Congress
Post-Kidney Transplant Body Mass Index Trajectories Are Associated with Graft Loss and Mortality
1Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 2Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: Early post-kidney transplantation (KT) changes in physiology, medications, and health stressors likely impact body mass index (BMI). Hence, we sought to estimate trajectories of…2022 American Transplant Congress
Bariatric Surgery and Alcohol Related Steatohepatitis (BASH): An Increasing Etiology in Pre-Liver Transplant Candidates
*Purpose: Obesity-related fatty liver disease and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) are common causes of End-stage liver disease (ESLD). Bariatric surgery (BS) is commonly indicated for these…
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