2020 American Transplant Congress
Maternal Peripartum Complications in Solid Organ Transplantation
*Purpose: Previous studies examining pregnancy related complications after solid organ transplantation (SOT) primarily relied on voluntary registries and meta-analyses. Herein, we investigated maternal delivery outcomes…2020 American Transplant Congress
Heart Transplant Outcomes in Adults with Peripartum Cardiomyopathy
Department of Cardiology, Keck Medical Center of University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: We aimed to evaluate long-term heart transplant (HT) outcomes in adults with peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) and compare them to all other heart transplant recipients.*Methods:…2020 American Transplant Congress
Bilateral Lung Transplantation Combined with Cardiac Correction in Treatment of Severe Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Complicated with Eisenmenger Syndrome in Puerpera, a Feasible Strategy for Future?
*Purpose: Though pregnancy is not recommended for patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in current guidelines, some patients do stick to parturition due to varies…2020 American Transplant Congress
Patient Attitudes Regarding Contraception and Pregnancy after Transplantation
*Purpose: Professional society recommendations regarding contraception and pregnancy after transplantation exist but little is known about patient attitudes.*Methods: We conducted a survey of female transplant…2020 American Transplant Congress
Deficiencies in Family Planning Counseling and Practices in Kidney Transplant Patients
1St Luke's University Health Network, Bethlehem, PA, 2UCSF, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: Nearly 20% of female kidney transplant(KT) recipients are reproductive-aged. Fertility is often impaired pre-transplant, but rapidly restored after KT. Early and unplanned pregnancies after…2020 American Transplant Congress
The Effect of Desensitization Therapy on Sex Disparity in Living Kidney Transplantation
*Purpose: Sex- and gender-based disparities which have shown women to have lower access to kidney transplantation have been reported. In living kidney transplantation (LKT), pregnancy-related…2020 American Transplant Congress
Minor Negative Effects of Calcineurin Inhibitor Based Immunosuppression on Pregnancy Outcomes after Renal Transplantation in the Netherlands
*Purpose: Pregnancies after renal transplantation became more frequent over the past years, also in patients with compromised renal function. Immunosuppression may influence pregnancy outcome. It…2020 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Pregnancy in Simultaneous Pancreas and Kidney (SPK) Transplant Recipients
*Purpose: The chance of successful pregnancy is low in women with end stage renal disease. In women with type-1 DM, not only are the fertility…2020 American Transplant Congress
Pregnancy Alloimmunization Increases the Clonality of the Endogenous Treg Repertoire
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: Pregnancy is a common immune sensitizing event, which creates an access barrier to organ transplantation and can impact transplant outcomes. While most research has…2020 American Transplant Congress
Kidney-Pancreas Transplant Survival after Pregnancy
*Purpose: This study compared transplant survival after pregnancy in type 1 diabetic recipients (n=103) who received either kidney-pancreas (KP, n=61) or kidney alone (KA, n=42).*Methods:…
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