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Articles tagged "Thrombocytopenia"

  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Enumeration of Platelets by Flow Cytometry Reveals Human Erythrocyte Fragmentation During Pig Organ Xenoperfusion Studies

    Z. Abady1, K. M. Petitpas1, L. Burdorf1, S. G. Pratts1, B. M. Cerel1, S. Sendil2, M. R. Connolly1, W. Qin3, Y. Kan3, J. Layer3, M. Youd3, W. Westlin3, L. Yang3, R. N. Pierson III1, A. M. Azimzadeh1

    1Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 2Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 3eGenesis, Cambridge, MA

    *Purpose: Human or baboon platelet sequestration and activation occurs during pig organ xenograft perfusion, although the mechanism remains poorly understood. To evaluate an apparent “rebound”…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    HELLP Me! My Liver Ruptured and Nobody Can Give Me Platelets: A Case Study of Liver Transplantation for Liver Rupture from HELLP Syndrome

    R. Cooke, M. Williams, M. A. Adams

    UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital, Aurora, CO

    *Purpose: Liver rupture and infarction are rare but serious complications of hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, and low platelet count (HELLP) syndrome. We report successful utilization…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Ehrlichiosis Infection Presenting as Thrombotic Microangiopathy Early after Kidney Transplantation

    W. Hassan1, M. Talwar2, V. Balaraman2, B. Wall1, M. Molnar1

    1Medicine-Nephrology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, 2Department of Surgery, Transplant Surgery, Methodist University Hospital, James D Eason Transplant Institute, Memphis, TN

    *Purpose: Fever of unknown origin and clinical picture of Thrombotic MicroAngiopathy (TMA) are diagnostic challenges in the early period after kidney transplantation. Here we present…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Human Leukocyte Antigen Class I (HLA-I) Antibodies in Patients Undergoing Liver Transplantation: Implications for Platelet Transfusion Support

    M. Wong1, R. Narra2, M. Selim1, M. A. Zimmerman1, A. Padmanabhan3, J. C. Hong1

    1Div. of Transplant Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 2Div. of Hematology/Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 3Medical College of Wisconsin and BloodCenter of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

    *Purpose: Liver transplantation is a high platelet transfusion (PLT) setting due to the elevated incidence of thrombocytopenia and bleeding. HLA-I antibodies are thought to have…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Indicators of Impending Pig Organ Xenograft Failure: Relevance to Clinical Xenotransplantation

    H. Iwase1, A. Jagdale1, T. Yamamoto1, G. Zhang1, Q. Li1, J. Foote1, D. Ayares2, H. Hara1, D. K. Cooper1

    1University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 2Revivicor, Inc., Blacksburg, VA

    *Purpose: In pig-to-baboon organ xenotransplantation, coagulation dysfunction and inflammation have been suggested to be associated with acute humoral xenograft rejection. We have evaluated platelet counts,…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    hEPCR.hTBM.hCD47.HO-1 Contributes to Increased Survival, Reduced Platelet Sequestration, and Modulation of Coagulation Activation in GalTKO.hCD46 Porcine Livers Perfused with Human Blood

    A. Cimeno,1 L. Burdorf,1 D. Ayares,2 A. Azimzadeh,1 R. Pierson III,1 R. Barth,1 J. LaMattina.1

    1University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; 2Revivicor, Inc., Baltimore, MD.

    IntroductionPlatelet sequestration and inappropriate coagulation cascade activation are associated with poor outcomes in multiple liver xenotransplant models. Here we evaluate a cassette of additional genetic…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Haematological Autoimmune Disorders Associated with Alemtuzumab Induction in Renal and Simultaneous Pancreas and Kidney Recipients

    A. Kousios,1 R. Charif,1 M. Atta,2 A. Luqmani,2 N. Cooper,2 D. Taube.1

    1Renal and Transplant Centre, Imperial College NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom; 2Department of Haematology, Imperial College NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom.

    Introduction Haematological Autoimmune Disorders (HAD) have been associated with Alemtuzumab (Az); namely immune thrombocytopenia (ITP), autoimmune haemolytic anaemia (AIHA), Evans syndrome (ES) and Red Cell…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Platelet Counts as Predictors of Short- and Long-Term Outcomes in Liver Transplantation: Cassandras or Just Rats on a Sinking Ship?

    I. Amygdalos,1 Z. Czigany,1 J. Böcker,1 F. Meister,1 M. Krebbers,1 D. Morales Santana,1 J. Bednarsch,1 W. Schöning,1 F. Ulmer,1 G. Koek,3 D. Kroy,2 F. Tacke,2 C. Trautwein,2 U. Neumann,1 G. Lurje.1

    1Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany; 2Department of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany; 3Department of Internal Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, Netherlands.

    BackgroundThrombocytopenia is associated with higher morbidity and mortality following partial hepatectomy and orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). Here we investigated platelet counts (PC) as a predictor…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Genetic Risk Factors of Post-Transplant Thrombocytopenia in Kidney Allograft Recipients

    D. Min,1 Y. Chang,2 T. Shah.3

    1College of Pharmacy, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomoma, CA; 2National Institute of Transplantation Foundation, Los Angeles, CA; 3Multiorgan Transplantation Center, St. Vincent Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.

    Background: Posttransplant thrombocytopenia is prevalent after renal transplantation, which is associated with increased risk of bleeding and other complications. The CXC motif chemokine 12 (CXCL12)…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Further In Vivo and In Vitro Evidence That Anti-CD40 MABS Do Not Induce Thromboembolism

    T. Rubic-Schneider, B. Christen, N. Runser Loll, D. Garcia, E. Erard, T. Flandre, B. Cochin de Billy, S. Nock, S. Côté, J. Rush, P. Ulrich.

    Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Basel, Switzerland.

    Clinical trials with non-silenced anti-CD40L (anti-CD154) monoclonal antibodies (mAb) in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) were halted after unexpected…
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