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Articles tagged "Obesity"

  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Ventricular Modeling Following Bariatric Surgery Decreases Need for Heart Transplantation

    R. Choudhury1, A. Rouhi2, G. Hoeltzel3, Y. Bababekov1, A. Suarez-Pierre4, A. Yule1, N. Vigneshwar4, N. Williams5, K. Dumon2, T. Nydam1

    1Transplantation Surgery, University of Colorado Hospital, Aurora, CO, 2General Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 3General Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, 4Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Colorado Hospital, Aurora, CO, 5General Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Aurora, CO

    *Purpose: For obese patients with congestive heart failure (CHF), aggressive weight loss has been associated with ventricular remodeling. Many have suggested offering bariatric surgery for…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    The Paradox of Lifestyle – Related Liver Disease: ASH and NASH

    N. Kemmer1, J. Buggs2

    1Transplant Hepatology, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL, 2Transplant Surgery, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL

    *Purpose: In the last decade, the burden of lifestyle-related chronic disease has been on the rise and is considered a growing serious public health concern.…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Sarcopenia and Obesity in Renal Transplant Recipients – Effects on Graft and Patient Outcomes

    C. Seet, M. R. Akhtar, L. Clementoni, M. Saoud, R. Shah, I. H. Mohamed, M. A. Khurram

    The Royal London Hospital, London, United Kingdom

    *Purpose: Body composition is associated with prognosis in a range of clinical settings, and patients with renal failure usually have significant comorbidities and are high…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    A Retrospective Evaluation of Organ Donation in the United States: Trends in Donors and Organ Utilization Over 15-Years

    J. A. Steggerda1, I. K. Kim2, D. Borja-Cacho1

    1Transplant Surgery, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL, 2Comprehensive Transplant Center, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA

    *Purpose: The general population of the United States has changed considerably over the past 15 years. This study evaluates longitudinal changes in potential organ donors…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Impact of Recipient Obesity on Kidney Transplantation Outcome: A Retrospective Cohort Study with a Matched Comparison

    A. Buemi

    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

    R. Zaminpeyma, S. Negi, N. Saberi, A. Andalib, S. Paraskevas, J. Tchervenkov

    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

    N. Dutta1, N. Marka2, J. Lake1, N. Lim1

    1Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 2Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

    *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

    F. Jarrar1, K. Tennankore2, A. J. Vinson3

    1Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada, 2Nova Scotia Health Authority, Halifax, NS, Canada, 3Nova Scotia Health Authority Division of Nephrology, Departm, Halifax, NS, Canada

    *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

    H. Choi1, K. Huh2, K. B. Seok3

    1Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 2Department of Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 3Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of

    *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

    M. Namwanje1, A. Stayton1, C. White1, C. Kuscu1, C. Kuscu1, J. Eason2, A. Bajwa1

    1Transplant Research Institute, James D. Eason Transplant Institute, Department of Surgery, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, 2University of Tennessee/Methodist Transplant Institute, Memphis, TN

    *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…
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