Articles tagged "Obesity"

2018 American Transplant Congress
Isolation and Profiling of miRNAs from Formalin Fixed Paraffin Embedded Endomyocardial Tissues from Human Heart Transplant Recipients
R. Nog,^1,2 C. Gupta,^1,2 J. Fallon,^1,2 J. Panza,^1,2 N. Haque.²
¹Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY; ²New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY.
Allograft rejection is a common complication post heart transplant (HTx) and can be confirmed by endomyocardial biopsy (EBx) only. There is however an increasing need…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Increasing Obesity and Diabetes Prevalence in the United States End-Stage Renal Disease Population
B. Shelton,¹ D. McWilliams,¹ P. MacLennan,¹ R. Reed,¹ M. Mustian,¹ D. Sawinski,² J. Locke.
¹Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL; ²Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
Background: Obesity and diabetes have both become national epidemics in the United States, and are associated with increased risk for comorbid diseases including end-stage renal…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Cardiac Grafts from Insulin Resistant Donors Trigger a Heightened Immune Response via Excessive Induction of Autophagy
S. Cai,¹ J. Miao,² A. Chandraker.¹
¹Transplantation Research Center, Renal Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA; ²Division of Endocrinology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA.
Background Heart transplantation remains the treatment of choice for many patients with medically refractory heart failure. The use of organs from patients with insulin resistant…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Medical Contraindications to Solid Organ Transplant Listing: A Survey of Heart, Liver, Lung and Kidney Programs
A. Wall, G. Lee, J. Maldonado, D. Magnus.
Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA.
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the influence of advanced age, obesity and HIV seropositivity on solid organ transplant listing across liver,…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Bariatric Surgery before and after Kidney Transplantation: Long-Term Weight-Loss and Allograft Outcomes
J. Cohen, M. Lim, C. Tewksbury, S. Torres Landa, J. Trofe-Clark, P. Abt, N. Williams, K. Dumon, S. Goral.
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
Obesity, a critical public health issue affecting >25% of kidney transplant (KTX) candidates, is often a barrier to transplantation. Bariatric surgery is an important tool…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Elderly Donor Obesity on Long-Term Outcomes in Renal Transplant Recipients
M. Yamada,¹ R. Jandarov,² T. Kaur,¹ S. Shah.¹
¹Nephrology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH; ²Environmental Health, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH.
Background: There has been a dramatic increase in obesity in the United States. Due to longer waiting times, utilization of kidneys from older donors has…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Training for Transplant: Frailty Assessment and Optimization in Kidney Transplant Candidates.
M. Mrdutt, D. Doherty, S. Tanner, J. Lappin.
Surgery, Scott & White Medical Center, Temple, TX
Purpose: To design and implement a frailty assessment and optimization program addressing potential modifiable risk factors that would ordinarily disqualify patients from kidney and/or pancreas…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Obesity Is an Important Factor in Deceased but Not Living Donor Kidney Transplants.
A. Asderakis, A. Ilham, U. Khalid, R. Chavez.
Cardiff Transplant Unit, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, United Kingdom
Introduction There is an increasing obesity among potential kidney transplant recipients. We had in the past shown that obesity did increase the wound infection rate,…
2017 American Transplant Congress
The Associations Between Body Mass Index and Kidney Transplant Outcomes Are Mediated by Weight-Adjusted Immunosuppression Dosing.
K. Flabouris,^1,2 S. Chadban,^1,3,4 M. Ladhani,^1,3,5 M. Cervelli,⁶ P. Clayton.^1,2,6
¹Australia and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant (ANZDATA) Registry, Adelaide, Australia; ²School of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia; ³Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia; ⁴Department of Renal Medicine, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia; ⁵Department of Renal Medicine, Lyell McEwin Hospital, Adelaide, Australia; ⁶Central Northern Adelaide Renal and Transplantation Service, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia
Purpose: High body mass index (BMI) is associated with acute rejection after kidney transplantation. We hypothesised that weight-adjusted immunosuppression dosing is a contributing factor. We…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Carotid Intima-Media Thickness and Myocardial Strain in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients.
K. Sgambat, S. Clauss, M. Lasota, A. Moudgil.
Children's National, Washington DC
A prospective controlled longitudinal study was conducted to investigate determinants of carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) and myocardial strain in children after kidney transplant (Tx).Methods: 42…