2020 American Transplant Congress
The Influence of the Donor Kidney Weight to Recipient Body Weight Ratio on Long-Term Renal Graft Outcomes
*Purpose: To study the impact of the relative donor kidney size on long-term graft function and survival, we investigated the living donor renal transplants outcomes.*Methods:…2020 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Transplant Recipient Outcomes from Older (60+) Hypertensive Living Donors
Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
*Purpose: Although the data supporting long-term safety of nephrectomy in hypertensive donors has been reported, there is scarcity of long term data on the recipient…2020 American Transplant Congress
Living Donor versus Deceased Donor Liver Transplantation in USA: Where Do We Stand, Where to Go
1Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, 2University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: LDLT represents a very small percentage of all liver transplants done in the United States, despite the shortage of deceased donor organs. The aim…2020 American Transplant Congress
Impact of County Health Rankings on Nationwide Liver Transplant Outcomes
*Purpose: We examined the impact of social determinants of health (SDOH) in LT recipients’ counties of residence and their associations with long-term patient and graft…2020 American Transplant Congress
Sarcopenia Predicts Worse Outcomes in Pediatric Liver Transplant Patients
*Purpose: Sarcopenia, or decreased muscle mass and function, is prevalent in adults with end-stage liver disease and negatively affects outcomes in liver transplantation (LT). Sarcopenia,…2020 American Transplant Congress
Sirolimus Plus Tacrolimus Immunosuppression, with or without Mycophenolate Mofetil, May Improve Survival after Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome in Lung Transplant Patients
University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: There are very few ways to improve survival after bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS), the leading cause of death in lung transplant patients. Two long-term…2020 American Transplant Congress
Continuous Improvement in Long Term Survival of Kidney Transplants Over the Past Two Decades
*Purpose: Short-term kidney transplant (KTx) graft survival has improved during past decades, but prior research has indicated stagnation or minimally improving long-term outcomes. We studied…2020 American Transplant Congress
Long Term Vasculobiliary Problems Associated with Hepatic Artery Stenosis Following Liver Transplant
Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom
*Purpose: Hepatic artery stenosis (HAS) is a recognized vascular complication of liver transplant (LT) which can result in significant morbidity and mortality. Despite that there…2020 American Transplant Congress
Analysis of the Quality of Lung Transplantation in Mainland China During 2015- 2018
*Purpose: Lung Transplantation(LT)has been demonstrated as the only effective therapy for patients with end-stage lung diseases. This study aimed to summarize and analyze the data…2020 American Transplant Congress
First Experience with a New Storage Device for Cold Heart Preservation
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
*Purpose: The standard technology for heart preservation for transplantation is cold static storange on ice. No temperature control is performed routinley and therefore lower or…
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