2016 American Transplant Congress
New Kidney Allocation System: Friend or Foe?
BACKGROUND The new kidney allocation (KAS) system was implemented 12/2014 to increase recipient life years gained annually and facilitate the transplantation of harder to match…2016 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes Following Inguinal Hernia Repair in Liver Transplant Recipients.
Surgery, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore.
Liver transplant (LT) recipients are assumed to have poor outcomes following general surgical procedures, which may be a reason why most are directed to transplant…2016 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Liver Grafts from Donors with Very High Transaminases.
Department of Surgery, Transplant Division, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA.
Introduction: Traditionally, elevation of transaminases has been broadly used as markers of hepatic ischemic injury and crucial parameters for liver graft assessment. We wanted to…2016 American Transplant Congress
Hematopoietic Cell Transplant and Solid Organ Transplantation: A First Report of the U.S. Experience.
Surgery, Division of Transplant Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
The prevalence of patients who receive both a hematopoetic cell(HCT) and solid organ transplantation(SOT) is rising. There have been no large scale studies of HCT…2016 American Transplant Congress
Validation of a Simplified Cost-Effective Clinical Risk Stratification That Predicts Myocardial Ischemic Events in Kidney Transplant Candidates.
Background: Diagnosis of coronary artery disease before kidney transplantation is crucial in decreasing morbidity and mortality & avoiding the need for angiography in kidney transplant…2016 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Readmission following Kidney Transplantation: Is Readmission Becoming More Risky?
Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
BACKGROUND: Following kidney transplantation, 31% of recipients experience early hospital readmission (EHR) and readmission is independently associated with increased risk of graft loss and mortality.…2016 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Donor-Recipient Relationship on Development of CKD.
Two studies have reported a small increase of ESRD in LDs compared to healthy matched controls. However, the majority of ESRD has been in relatives…2016 American Transplant Congress
Optimal Donor/Recipient Pairing for High KDPI Grafts Can Yield Similar Survival to Medium KDPI Grafts.
Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.
KDPI is a predictor of deceased-donor (DD) graft survival, calculated using donor factors. It does not consider recipient or other post-procurement factors. This retrospective analysis…2016 American Transplant Congress
Regression of Asymptomatic Cardiomyopathy and Clinical Outcome of Renal Transplant Recipients: Long-Term Extension of Two Randomized Controlled Trials.
Nephrology, Dialysis, and Transplantation, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.
Background Asymptomatic left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is highly prevalent and associated with adverse outcome in renal transplant recipients (RTRs). Nonetheless, there are currently no available…2016 American Transplant Congress
A Comparative Intention-to-Treat Analysis of Liver Transplantation for HCC – Living Donor Liver Transplant vs. Deceased Donor Liver Transplant.
Multi-Organ Transplant Program, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
IntroductionLiving donor liver transplantation (LDLT) can reduce waiting times and potentially decrease drop-out rates for cirrhotic patients with HCC. However, it has also been reported…
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