Articles tagged "Outcome"

2021 American Transplant Congress
The Co-Occurrence of Newly Developed HLA Donor Specific Antibody and Positive C3d/C4d Profiles Along with Immune Therapy Non-Compliance in Pediatric Heart Transplant Recipients is a High Risk Indicator for Patient Mortality
A. Zhang, C. Nasman, J. Allen, Y. Sun, D. Thomas, R. Rodriguez, C. Tan, G. Boyle
Cleveland Clinic Foundation Transplant Center, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: Increasing evidence has implicated the deleterious effect of HLA donor specific antibody (DSA) in pediatric heart transplantation (PHTx). However, there are still insufficient research…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Covid vs Non Covid Pneumonia in Kidney Transplant Recipients
R. Prashar, N. Khoury, P. Shrivastava, S. Yeddula, T. Kitajima, E. Ulrich, M. Ramesh, A. Patel, S. Nagai, M. Samaniego-Picota
Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: Compare clinical characteristics and outcomes in kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) hospitalized with COVID vs Non COVID Pneumonia.*Methods: This is a retrospective case‐control study examining…
2021 American Transplant Congress
The Seattle Heart Failure Model is a Predictor of Mortality After Kidney Transplant in Patients with End Stage Renal Disease and Heart Impairment
A. Perez-Gutierrez¹, P. J. Bachul², D. N. Danz³, B. Juengel², M. Josephson², J. Fung², P. Witkowski², B. Chung⁴, Y. Becker²
¹Surgery, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, IL, ²Surgery, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ³Economics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, IL, ⁴Cardiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Cardiovascular disease is the main cause of mortality after kidney transplantation. Many patients with ESRD have heart failure that is attributed to fluid overload.…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Is There a Role for Pre-Operative Angiographic Kidney Embolization Prior to Allograft Nephrectomy?
M. Jacobs¹, R. Stratta¹, D. Harriman², A. Farney¹, J. Rogers¹, G. Orlando¹, A. Reeves-Daniel¹, C. Jay¹
¹Wake Forest Baptist Health, Winston Salem, NC, ²University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
*Purpose: To determine if morbidity associated with allograft nephrectomy (AN) of a failed or diseased kidney transplant (KT) is improved by pre-operative angiographic kidney embolization…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Liver Transplant in Adult Recipients Using Pediatric Deceased Donor Liver Grafts
P. Vargas¹, C. Argo², H. Zachary², M. Stotts², N. Intagliata², P. Northup², S. Pelletier¹, J. Oberholzer¹, N. Goldaracena¹
¹Transplant surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, ²Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
*Purpose: The aim of this study is to evaluate the outcomes following liver transplantation (LT) in adults using grafts from a pediatric deceased donor.*Methods: A…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Regional Impact of Covid-19 on Kidney Transplant in the Southeast
C. Jay¹, B. Sharda¹, R. Helmick², R. Forbes³, V. Casingal⁴, R. Stratta¹
¹Wake Forest Baptist Health, Division of Abdominal Organ Transplantation, Winston-Salem, NC, ²University of Tennessee Health Science Center, James Eason Transplant Institute, Memphis, TN, ³Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Division of Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation, Nashville, TN, ⁴Atrium Health, Division of Transplant Surgery, Charlotte, NC
*Purpose: Despite categorization of kidney transplantation as Tier 3b with guidelines against postponing, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has been profound but geographically diverse.…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Covid-19 Severity within One Year of Liver, Pancreas and Kidney Transplantation
H. Sarumi, J. Fisher, B. Johnson, T. Pruett
Solid Organ Transplant Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: The current pandemic has created uncertainty in the severity of COVID-19 in transplant recipients, especially those given lymphocyte depleting therapy within a year prior…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Twelve Live Births After Uterus Transplantation in the Dallas Uterus Transplant Study
L. Johannesson, G. J. McKenna, A. Wall, J. Bayer, G. Testa
Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX
*Purpose: To describe aggregated pregnancy outcomes after uterus transplantation from a single, experienced center.*Methods: This prospective study reports on live births among 20 women who…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Clinical Features and Outcomes of Candidemia in Patients with Left Ventricular Assist Devices
G. Krishnan, Y. Hamad, I. George
Infectious Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO
*Purpose: Fungal infections represent an uncommon etiology of Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) infections but can lead to significant morbidity and mortality. In this study,…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Treatment of Biopsy-Proven Pyelonephritis of the Transplanted Kidney is Associated with Better Graft Outcomes
F. Aziz, C. Saddler, J. Alstott, K. Swanson, S. Parajuli, N. Garg, A. Djamali, D. Mandelbrot
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
*Purpose: The outcomes of treatment of pyelonephritis of the transplant kidney is not known.*Methods: From 01/1998 to 12/2019, 101 patients were found to have pyelonephritis…