Articles tagged "Renal failure"

2015 American Transplant Congress
Incidence, Determinants and Outcome of Kidney Transplantation for End Stage Renal Disease After Heart Transplantation
A. Grupper,¹ A. Grupper,¹ R. Daly,¹ M. Hathcock,² W. Kremers,² F. Cosio,¹ B. Edwards,¹ S. Kushwaha.¹
¹William J. von Liebig Transplant Center, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; ²Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
Objectives: Progressive renal failure is a frequent complication following heart transplantation (HTx), is generally attributed to calcineurin inhibitor (CNI) based immunosuppression, and may result in…
2015 American Transplant Congress
The Synergistic Effect of Class II HLA Epitope-Mismatch and Non-Adherence on Acute Rejection and Graft Survival
C. Wiebe,^1,2 T. Nevins,³ W. Robiner,^3,4 W. Thomas,⁵ A. Matas,⁶ P. Nickerson.^1,2,8
¹Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada; ²Transplant Immunology, Diagnostic Services of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada; ³Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; ⁴Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; ⁵Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; ⁶Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; ⁷Immunology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
Predicting long-term outcomes in renal transplant recipients is essential to optimize medical therapy and determine the frequency of post-transplant pathologic and serologic monitoring. Non-adherence and…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Comparison of Markers of Inflammation Between Dialysis Patients With and Without Failed Kidney Allograft
R. Villca-Gonzales, R. Vazquez-Apodaca, D. Hernandez-Ramirez, L. Llorente-Peters, J. Alberu, L. Morales-Buenrostro.
Nephrology and Transplantation, National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition Salvador Zubiran, Mexico City, DF, Mexico.
BACKGROUND: The rates of morbidity and mortality in patients with a failed kidney transplant are higher than dialysis patients who had never been transplanted. The…