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…