2015 American Transplant Congress
APOL1 Risk Alleles in Live and Deceased Kidney Donors Are Associated With Shorter Renal Allograft Survival
Kidneys from African American (AA) donors with two Apolipoprotein L1 (APOL1) risk alleles may be at higher risk of allograft loss after transplant. We sought…2015 American Transplant Congress
Alemtuzumab in Elderly Renal Transplant Recipients Is Not Associated With a Poor Outcome
Imperial College Renal and Transplant Centre, Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
The use and choice of induction immunosuppression in elderly kidney recipients remains unresolved. Alemtuzumab has been associated with a higher risk of death and graft…2015 American Transplant Congress
Survival Outcomes of Kidney Transplant Recipients from Expanded Criteria Donors: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Background: In 2002, UNOS proposed the use of Expanded Criteria Donors (ECD=brain dead donor > 60 years, or 50-59 years with two criteria: CVA as…2015 American Transplant Congress
Outcome of Adult Kidney Transplant Candidates With Previous Malignancy: Analysis of 14-Year Waiting List Data in the United States
College of Medicine, Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
Purpose: We aimed to study the difference in patient survival and transplantation probability rates of adult kidney transplant (KT) candidates with and without history of…2015 American Transplant Congress
Preservation Solution Impacts Short- and Long-Term Survival in Orthotopic Heart Transplant Recipients
Objectives: To examine the effect of three commonly used preservation solutions on short- and long-term survival after orthotopic heart transplantation (OHT) using a large national…2015 American Transplant Congress
Glomerular Disease (GD) After Kidney Transplant (KTx): Etiologies, Risk Factors and Consequences
1Nephrology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; 2Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
Introduction. Recipients who develop KTx GD may have reduced function and higher risk of graft loss. Using protocol and clinical biopsies we sought to determine…2015 American Transplant Congress
Survival of Patients With Peripheral Vascular Disease on Kidney Waitlist and After Transplantation: An Analysis of the United State Renal Data System
Introduction: There is lack of information whether waitlisted dialysis patients with peripheral vascular disease (PVD) benefit from kidney transplantation.Methods: We used a cohort of USRDS…2015 American Transplant Congress
Clinical Outcomes of Kidney Transplan Recipients After Sirolimus Or Everolimus Conversion. Experience in a Single Center
Transplant Unit, Fundación Valle del Lili, Cali, Colombia.
Introduction. The use of m_TOR inhibitors sirolimus (SRL) and everolimus (EVL), in kidney transplant recipients (KTR) is an alternative immunosuppressive therapy to reduce or withdrawal…2015 American Transplant Congress
Cancer Mortality Among Recipients of Solid Organ Transplant in Ontario
Purpose: Solid organ transplantation recipients (SOTR) have a higher risk of some cancers than the general population, but are also at high risk of mortality…2015 American Transplant Congress
Examining Long-Term Survivors in Combined Heart-Lung Transplantation
The goal of this study was to determine variables associated with mortality in combined heart-lung transplantation (HLT).The United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) database was…
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