2019 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney Transplantation on Cardiovascular Risk in Type 1 Diabetic Patients
Servei de Nefrologia i Trasplantament Renal, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
*Purpose: Cardiovascular disease is the main cause of death in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM1). Information available about the impact of simultaneous pancreas-kidney…2019 American Transplant Congress
Identification Of Pre-transplant Biomarkers Of Recipient Immune Dysfunction That Predict Recipient Risk Of Death Following Liver Transplant: The Immune Frailty Index
*Purpose: Cirrhosis-related immune dysfunction is well recognized and likely contributes to early mortality following liver transplant (LT) resulting from infections; however, few prior studies have…2019 American Transplant Congress
Profile of Invasive Fungal Disease after Kidney Transplantation in a Single Brazilian Center
Nephrology, Santa Casa de Belo Horizonte, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
*Purpose: This study sought to describe the epidemiology of Invasive fungal disease at a brazilian kidney transplant center.*Methods: We retrospectively evaluated the diagnoses of invasive…2019 American Transplant Congress
Meld Score / Grwr Ratio (meldgr) Can Predict Surgical Outcomes And Prognosis Of The Recipients In Adult-to-adult Living Donor Liver Transplantation
Hepatobiliary Pancreatic and Transplant Surgery, Mie University, Tsu, Japan
*Purpose: In living donor liver transplantation (LDLT), various risk factors have been identified among both recipient and donor factors, such as Model for End-Stage Liver…2019 American Transplant Congress
Prolonged Heterotopic Cardiac Xenograft Survival from Thrombomudulin Expressing Multigene Donor Pig
*Purpose: Genetic engineering (GE) technology has made knockout and multigene expressing animals available. These animals can be used for xenotransplantation (xTX)to treat end stage diseases.…2019 American Transplant Congress
Predictors and Outcomes of Acute Graft-versus-Host Disease after Liver Transplant
*Purpose: Graft-versus-Host Disease (GVHD) is a rare complication of liver transplant (LT) that has an estimated incidence of 0.1%-2% per year and is associated with…2019 American Transplant Congress
Surgical Management Of Five Hundred Patients With Chronic Gut Failure At A Single Center: Autologous Reconstruction Versus Transplantation
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: To define the evolving role of autologous gut reconstruction (AGR) in the management of total parenteral nutrition (TPN)-dependent-chronic gut failure (CGF) patients with special…2019 American Transplant Congress
Efficacy of Filgrastim in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
*Purpose: Neutropenia frequently occurs after solid organ transplantation (SOT) due to immunosuppression, antiviral prophylaxis, or viral infections. Immunosuppression reduction or antiviral prophylaxis minimization can lead…2019 American Transplant Congress
Recipient TIM4 Expression is Essential for Hepatocellular Function in Liver Transplantation
Dumont-UCLA Transplant Center, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Hepatic ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) represents a major risk factor of early graft dysfunction and predisposes to rejection in orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). Previous studies…2019 American Transplant Congress
Reduced Intensity Induction Therapy in Patients Undergoing Repeat Kidney Transplants
Hospital do Rim, Nephrology Division, EPM - UNIFESP, São Paulo, Brazil
*Purpose: We hypothesized that patients without donor-specific antibodies (DSA) undergoing repeat transplants could receive lower doses of antithymocyte globulin induction (rATG), without compromising efficacy and…
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