2019 American Transplant Congress
Transfer of Healthy Mitochondria in Established Ischemic Injury Reduces Progression to Interstitial Fibrosis and Tubular Atrophy
*Purpose: Ischemia induces altered bioenergetics with increased mitochondrial swelling and reactive oxygen species (ROS) and ultimately degradation of cellular function. Therapeutic interventions that target to…2019 American Transplant Congress
Induction Type Does Not Influence Kidney Graft or Patient Survival in Recipients with a Previous Heart Transplant in the United States
*Purpose: Induction regimens for kidney transplant (KT) in heart recipients vary widely among transplant centers. We sought to examine the impact of kidney induction type…2019 American Transplant Congress
Analyzing The Effect Of Liver Transplantation On Myocardial Strain Using Speckle Tracking Echocardiography In Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH) Patients
Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH) is currently the second most common indication for liver transplant in the United States and is projected to increase in the…2019 American Transplant Congress
Assessment of Health-Related Quality of Life and Graft Failure among Kidney Transplant Patients in the Benefit and Benefit-EXT Trials
1Terasaki Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA, 2Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ
*Purpose: To achieve patient focused drug development in renal transplant, we need to better understand how the patient’s perspective of health-related quality of life (HRQoL)…2019 American Transplant Congress
Impact Of Aggressive Utilization Of Liver Allografts On Outcomes
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
*Purpose: Many risk factors impact outcomes for liver transplantation, among them are factors that are particular to individual transplant centers or center-level factors. Our aim…2019 American Transplant Congress
Performance Improvement Initiative: Ambulatory Tool to Improve Tacrolimus Intrapatient Variability (IPV) Monitoring in Kidney & Liver Transplant Recipients
1University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 2UC Health, Cincinnati, OH
*Purpose: High tacrolimus (TAC) intrapatient variability (IPV) is associated with poorer outcomes. Manual monitoring of TAC IPV is labor intensive and not always feasible. As…2019 American Transplant Congress
Renal Function between Tenofovir and Entecavir in Post-Liver Transplanted Hepatitis B Patients
Transplantation, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Tenofovir, Nucleotide analogue polymerase inhibitor is already accepted as effective and tolerable drug for treatment of hepatitis B virus (HBV) as much as entecavir.…2019 American Transplant Congress
Complete Robotic-Assisted Kidney Transplantation: Our Initial Experience
VCU Medical Center, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: Kidney transplantation is the standard treatment for patients with ESRD. Very limited advancement has been made in its surgical aspects. Minimal invasive approach for…2019 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes for Robotic Pancreas Transplants in Obese Candidates
University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Pancreas transplantation has evolved to include select overweight and obese diabetes mellitus (DM) patients. A robotic approach can be utilized to treat obese transplant…2019 American Transplant Congress
Pediatric Liver Retransplantation: Prognostic Scoring Tool
University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: Liver Re-transplantation is the only option for survival when a transplanted liver fails. However, Re-transplantion of the liver remains a challenge given the scarcity…
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