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Articles tagged "Pulmonary hypertension"

  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Incidence, Clinical Correlates and Outcomes of Pulmonary Hypertension after Kidney Transplantation: Analysis of Linked U.S. Registry and Medicare Billing Claims

    K. Lentine1, S. Costa2, Y. Caliskan3, D. Levine4, J. Runo5, H. Te6, J. Rangaswami7, D. Dadhania8, D. Axelrod9, M. Schnitzler3, H. Xiao1, B. Kasiske10, J. Snyder10, T. Villines11

    1Department of Medicine, Saint Louis Univ, Saint Louis, MO, 2Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH, 3Saint Louis Univ, Saint Louis, MO, 4UT Health, San Antonio, TX, 5Univ of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 6Univ of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 7Einstein Medical Ctr, Philadelphia, PA, 8Weill Cornell, New York, NY, 9Univ of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 10SRTR, Minneapolis, MN, 11Univ of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

    *Purpose: To describe the incidence and mortality implications of pulmonary hypertension (P-HTN) in a large, national cohort of US kidney transplant (KTx) recipients.*Methods: We examined…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy Following Liver Transplantation: A Single Center Experience

    O. Shamaa1, S. Jafri1, M. Shamaa2, K. Brown1, D. Venkat1

    1Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, 2General Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI

    *Purpose: Takotsubo cardiomyopathy also known as apical ballooning syndrome and stress-induced cardiomyopathy is a syndrome characterized by regional left ventricular systolic dysfunction that resembles myocardial…
  • 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?

    J. Huang, Z. Wang, J. Chen

    Wuxi Lung Transplant Center, Wuxi People's Hospital affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Wuxi, China

    *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…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Treprostinil as a Bridge Therapy to Heart-Lung Transplants with Severe Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

    C. Ju, Q. Lian, B. Wei, X. Xu, J. He, R. Chen

    State Key Lab of the Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou, China

    *Purpose: Heart-lung transplants (HLTx) is the only one effective strategy for advanced pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) with refractory right heart failure. But limited availability of…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    The Outcomes of Candidates Underwent Liver Transplantaion with Portopulmonary Hypertension: A Meta-Analysis

    R. Deng, B. Huang, Y. Shi, Y. Ma.

    Organ Transplantation Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.

    Background: Portopulmonary hypertension(PPH) was once regarded as a contraindicaton in liver transplantation(LT).However,growing evidence indicated that PPH patients underwent LT may show similar outcomes compared to…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Preoperative Pulmonary Hypertension Is Not Associated with Adverse Outcomes After Lung Transplantation.

    S. Biswas Roy,1 M. Olson,2 D. Harned,1 P. Kang,3 R. Panchanathan,3 A. Hashimi,1 J. Huang,1 H. Abdelrazek,1 V. Patel,1 A. Omar,1 R. Bremner,1 M. Smith,1 R. Walia,1 A. Kalya.4

    1Norton Thoracic Institute, Phoenix; 2Grand Canyon University, Phoenix; 3University of Arizona, Phoenix; 4St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix

    Purpose: The effect of preoperative pulmonary hypertension (PH)[mdash]that is, mean pulmonary artery pressure (mPAP) of 25mmHg or higher[mdash]on lung transplantation (LTx) outcomes is debatable.Methods: We…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Retrospective Review of Early versus Late Initiation of Oral Sildenafil for Right Ventricular Dysfunction in Post-Cardiac Transplant Surgery Patients.

    P. Brown, B. Hamandi, M. McDonald, H. Ahmed, R. Whitty, D. Lowe.

    University Health Network, Toronto, Canada

    Background: Right ventricular (RV) dysfunction is a serious complication that may occur after cardiac transplant and result in graft failure or death. Inotropes (i.e., epinephrine,…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    WHO Group II Pulmonary Hypertension Is Associated with Decreased Survival in Patients Awaiting Liver Transplantation.

    H. Memon, J.-A. Guerra, B. Trachtenberg, J. Estep, A. Bhimaraj, I. Hussain, M. Park, H. Monsour, M. Ghobrial, A. Guha.

    Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX

    End stage liver disease (ESLD) patients with cirrhotic cardiomyopathy often have WHO Group II pulmonary hypertension (PH), characterized by pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP) >15…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Pulmonary Hypertension in Renal Transplant Candidates: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Available Evidence.

    A. Moza,1 A. Khan,2 R. Prashar,3 S. Khan,1 S. Khouri,1 S. Vetteth,1 D. Malhotra,1 M. Rees,1 G. Moukarbel,1 J. Ortiz.1

    1Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Toledo Medical Center, Toledo, OH; 2Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY; 3Nephrology and Transplantation, Henry Ford Medical Center, Detroit, MI.

    Background: Pulmonary hypertension (PHT) is common in patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD). Moderate to severe PHT is a strong independent predictor of mortality…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Association of Pulmonary Hypertension at Kidney Transplant Evaluation and Subsequent Outcomes Following Transplantation

    Y.-L. Lai,1 H. Wasse,2 W. Kim,3 R. Patzer.1,4

    1Department of Epidemiology, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, GA; 2Division of Nephrology/Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL; 3Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA; 4Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA.

    Background - Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is common among patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD) who depend on dialysis before transplant, and PH is associated…
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