Articles tagged "Renal function"

2020 American Transplant Congress
Transplant and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Renal Transplant Recipients with Different Pre-Transplant Cardiovascular Risk
G. Hsu¹, T. M. Sparkes¹, B. N. Reed², S. E. Gale¹, B. R. Ravichandran¹
¹University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, ²University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Renal transplant patients have higher cardiovascular (CV) risk compared to their peers. Pre-transplant CV risk factors may be amplified post-transplant, but little is known…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Hephaistos Study Outcome on Renal Function after 12 Month Everolimus Plus Reduced Tacrolimus in De Novo Liver Transplant Recipients versus Standard Tacrolimus
F. Braun¹, P. Schemmer¹, H. Schlitt¹, A. Pascher¹, C. Klein¹, U. Neumann¹, I. Kroeger², P. Wimmer², B. Nashan¹
¹Study Group, Hephaistos, Germany, ²Novartis Pharma GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany
*Purpose: The HEPHAISTOS study was designed to compare efficacy and safety of earlyuse of everolimus [EVR] combined with reduced tacrolimus [rTAC] versus Standard tacrolimus [TAC-C)…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Need of a New Formula to Estimate Creatinine Clearance in Immediate Post Kidney Transplant Period with Functioning Allograft
A. B. Jain¹, U. Farooq², A. Brooks¹, T. Dohi¹, F. Butt¹, Z. Kadry¹
¹Surgery ( Transplant), Penn State Milton Hershey Medical Center, Hershey 17033, PA, ²Medicine( Neprhology), Penn State Milton Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA
*Purpose: Introduction: Post kidney transplant (KTx), with functioning renal allograft, serum creatinine continues to decrease at a variable rate until it stabilizes after a few…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Consistent High Burden of Arteriosclerosis in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients
K. Ostendorf¹, N. Memaran¹, B. Borchert-Mörlins¹, J. von der Born¹, E. Bauer¹, A. von Wick¹, J. Oh², M. J. Kemper³, R. Büscher⁴, B. M. Schmidt⁵, A. Melk¹
¹Department of Pediatric Kidney, Liver and Metabolic Diseases, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany, ²Pediatric Nephrology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany, ³Department of Pediatrics, Asklepios Klinik Nord - Heidberg, Hamburg, Germany, ⁴Pediatric Nephrology, University Hospital, Essen, Germany, ⁵Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
*Purpose: The second most common cause of death in pediatric kidney transplant (KT) recipients are cardiovascular (CV) diseases. We have previously shown that pulse wave…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Normothermic Ex-Vivo Kidney Perfusion Preservation Consistently Improves Extreme Marginal Graft Function Compared to Hypothermic Machine Perfusion
P. Urbanellis¹, M. Hamar¹, I. Linares¹, D. Kollmann¹, S. Ganesh¹, F. Oquendo¹, M. Sharma¹, R. John¹, A. Ghanekar¹, I. Mucsi¹, D. Bagli², A. Konvalinka¹, L. Robinson³, M. Selzner¹
¹Multi-Organ Transplantation Program, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Division of Urology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Division of Nephrology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
*Purpose: Normothermic ex-vivo kidney perfusion (NEVKP) is an emerging technique for renal graft preservation. We investigated whether NEVKP promoted improved marginal graft function compared to…
2019 American Transplant Congress
First UK Experience of the Molecular Microscope (MMDX™) in the Kidney Transplant Clinic
C. Lawrence¹, S. Thiru², A. Manoj¹, S. Fluck¹
¹Renal Medicine, The Lister Hospital, Stevenage, United Kingdom, ²Histopathology, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom
*Purpose: Molecular diagnostic methods are now included in the Banff classification of kidney transplant pathology. Traditional histopathology may be limited by intra/inter pathologist variation. The…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Endovascular Repair Of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms In Kidney Transplant Recipients
S. Kwon¹, D. Jung¹, Y. Kim¹, S. Park², S. Yoon²
¹Department of Vascular and Transplant Surgery, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ²Department of Vascular and Transplant Surgery, The Catholic Universtiy of Korea, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: The possibility to diagnosis abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) in patients who underwent kidney transplantation (KT) is increasing. Immunosuppressive agents may effect on AAA progression.…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Long Term Renal Function Following Islet Transplantation in the Clinical Islet Transplantation Consortium
L. G. Hunsicker¹, T. L. Eggerman², M. R. Rickels³, t. Clinical Islet Transplantation (CIT) Consortium⁴
¹Internal Medicine, U. Iowa, Iowa City, IA, ²NIDDK/NIH, Bethesda, MD, ³Internal Medicine, U. Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Internal Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
*Purpose: Islet transplantation (IsletTp) is safe and effective treatment of Type 1 diabetes complicated by severe hypoglycemia (Diabetes Care 2016, 39:1230). But the requirement for…
2019 American Transplant Congress
GFR Outcomes for Recipients and Donors with IgA, FSGS, Alports and Thin Basement Membrane Disease: A Comparison of Living Related to Unrelated Donors
D. Keys, S. Jackson, S. Riad, R. Spong, V. Vakil, A. Matas, P. Nachman
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: Prior studies have shown an increase rate of graft loss in patients that receive living donor kidney transplants from relatives in IgA, FSGS, and…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Early Everolimus Conversion For Renal Protection In Liver Transplantation: The Sooner The Better?
M. Tomeczkowicz, N. Sulejmani, A. Jantz, B. Summers, T. Larson, R. Salgia
Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: Calcineurin inhibitors (CNI) are the mainstay of immunosuppressive therapy in transplantation; however, a major side effect limiting CNI use is nephrotoxicity. Mammalian target of…

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