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Articles tagged "Survival"

  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Community Affluence Impacts Patient Survival Post Liver Transplantation

    D. Jorgensen, A. Humar, C. Hughes, M. Molinari, A. Ganoza, S. Ganesh, A. Duarte-Rojo, A. Tevar

    Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

    *Purpose: Liver transplantation is an effective treatment for patients with end stage liver disease with excellent patients and grafts long term outcomes. Many recipient disease…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    The Impact of Sirolimus on Weight Gain Post Heart Transplant

    S. M. Gore, C. E. Raphael, K. Mara, C. Arendt, A. L. Clavell, S. A. Bernard

    Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

    *Purpose: Obesity is common after heart transplant (HT), resulting in increased risk of new onset diabetes, all-cause and cardiovascular mortality and graft failure. Immunosuppressants (ISN)…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    High Health Literacy is Associated with Decreased Likelihood of Waitlist Mortality for Some Solid Organ Transplant Candidates

    L. Dageforde1, S. Rega2, I. Feurer3

    1Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 2Vanderbilt Transplant Center, Nashville, TN, 3Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt Transplant Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN

    *Purpose: Health Literacy (HL) impacts post-transplant outcomes and listing for kidney transplant patients, but little is known about likelihood of solid organ transplant for kidney…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    10-Year Experience Transplanting Very Highly Sensitized Patients with End Stage Renal Disease

    J. Diaz1, J. Kennedy2, S. Chinnakotla3, P. Verghese4

    1Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN, 2University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 3Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 4Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Nephrology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

    *Purpose: Very highly sensitized (VHS) individuals (calculated reactive antigen (cPRA) ≥ 95%) have increased rejection risk which negatively impacts kidney transplant outcomes. Multiple strategies have…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Hydroxychloroquine is Associated with Better Patient and Graft Survival in Kidney Transplant Patients with Lupus Nephritis as Cause of ESRD

    T. Singh1, S. Garg2, S. Panzer1

    1Nephrology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 2Rheumatology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

    *Purpose: Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) use leads to better patient and renal survival in patients with lupus nephritis (LN). Whether the clinical benefits of HCQ extends to…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Development of Self-Limited Low-Level BK Viremia/Viruria Suggests Ideal Immunosuppression to Suppress T-Cell and Antibody-Mediated Rejection and to Preserve Kidney Allograft Function

    B. Näf, T. Müller, R. Wüthrich, T. Schachtner

    University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

    *Purpose: Polyomavirus BK (BKV) has been suggested as a surrogate marker of overimmunosuppression. Due to recent advances in monitoring strategies and pre-emptive therapy, progression to…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Amiodarone Use in Lung Transplant Recipients with New Onset Atrial Arrhythmias

    E. Klipsch1, R. Rachwan2, I. KutKut3, D. Roe2, C. Hage2, T. Hathaway1, R. S. Mangus2

    1Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 2IU Health, Indianapolis, IN, 3New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY

    *Purpose: Atrial arrhythmias occur in 16-46% of patients after lung transplant, and most of these are atrial fibrillation or flutter. Standard therapy is described as…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Survival with Post-Transplant Diabetes Mellitus is Worse after Heart Transplantation

    K. Y. Feng1, E. Henricksen2, Y. Moayedi3, R. Lee2, J. Han1, S. Purewal1, A. Puing1, M. Basina1, J. J. Teuteberg1, K. K. Khush1

    1Medicine, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, 2Pharmacy, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, 3Cardiology, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada

    *Purpose: An increasing number of patients undergoing heart transplantation (HTx) have diabetes mellitus (DM). However, there is limited data on clinical outcomes after HTx in…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Effect of Increased Recipient Age on Solid-Organ Pancreas Transplantation Outcomes: A Systematic Review

    J. E. Ling

    Nephrology, Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, Australia

    *Purpose: Increased recipient age has been associated with poorer solid organ pancreas transplant (SOPTx) outcomes. We hypothesized that recipient age cut-offs in Australia and New…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Low Physiochemical Immunogenicity Scores Improve Long-Term Survival of Deceased Donor Kidney Transplants

    D. Bekbolsynov1, B. Mierzejewska1, J. Borucka2, S. A. Khuder1, M. Rees1, R. Green3, S. Stanislaw1

    1University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, 2Parexel Corp., Warsaw, Poland, 3Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH

    *Purpose: A severe shortage of deceased donor kidneys limits access to kidney transplantation. Limited longterm graft function exacerbates this shortage as 12% of the waiting…
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