2020 American Transplant Congress
Optimal Timing of Initiating Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy in Patients with Acute Kidney Injury after Liver Transplantation
Organ Transplant Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
*Purpose: Acute kidney injury(AKI) is a frequent complication after liver transplantation(LT), and is associated with high mortality. Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT) is a blood…2020 American Transplant Congress
Increased Post-Operative Ventilation Time in Lung Transplant Recipients with Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction
*Purpose: Left ventricular diastolic dysfunction has been shown to be associated with increased morbidity in bilateral lung transplant recipients with pulmonary artery hypertension. It has…2020 American Transplant Congress
Perioperative Results of Lung Transplantation in a Newly Established, High-Volume Lung Transplantation Center in China
*Purpose: The number of patients with end-stage lung disease is huge in China, lung transplantation is the only effective method. By presenting the perioperative results…2020 American Transplant Congress
Frailty at Time of Kidney Transplant Evaluation is Associated with Higher Rate of Waitlist Denial
*Purpose: To determine the association of patient frailty, as assessed by the Fried frailty score at the time of kidney transplant evaluation (KTE), with kidney…2020 American Transplant Congress
The Banff Classification of Antibody-Mediated Rejection in Kidney Allografts: Comparison of Predictive Performance for Allograft Failure in Previous and Current Editions
*Purpose: Since its introduction in 2001, the Banff classification for antibody-mediated rejection (ABMR) has undergone significant changes, mainly by inclusion of C4d-negative ABMR in 2013…2020 American Transplant Congress
Immunosurveillance with Donor Derived Cellular Free DNA Assay Plus Donor Specific Antibody, an Alternative to Renal Allograft Biopsy
Transplant Nephrology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
*Purpose: Surveillance allograft biopsies (SVAB) are used by many centers to identify subclinical immunologic injury. SVAB entails bleeding risks. Non-invasive modalities such as donor-derived cell-free…2020 American Transplant Congress
Introducing the Smartphone App, EL-FIT (Exercise & Liver FITness), to Help Monitor and Prehabilitate Liver Transplant Candidates
*Purpose: Physical activity is key to liver transplant (LT) prehabilitation, and leveraging technologies to monitor physical performance and to generalize training may be advantageous. EL-FIT…2020 American Transplant Congress
Safety and Patency of Inferior Vena Cava Reconstruction with Artificial or Autologous Blood Vessels During Liver Autotransplantation: Five-Year Results from a Prospective Cohort Study of 73 Cases
*Purpose: To compare the short-term and long-term effects of artificial blood vessels and autologous blood vessels to reconstruct the retrohepatic inferior vena cava (IVC) in…2020 American Transplant Congress
C-Reactive Protein 1-Year Post-Transplant is Associated with Future Development of Coronary Artery Vasculopathy and Rejection in a Pediatric Heart Transplant Cohort
Congenital Heart Center/Pediatrics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
*Purpose: Coronary artery vasculopathy (CAV) is one of the leading causes of mortality beyond 3y post-transplant (OHT). Multiple risk factors are associated with development of…2020 American Transplant Congress
Multidimensional System to Dynamically Predict Graft Survival after Kidney Transplantation
*Purpose: Current prediction systems of kidney-graft loss do not integrate the dynamic effect of parameters assessed over the time course of kidney recipients. Recent dynamic…
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