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2017 American Transplant Congress
Lung Preservation Solution Exposure at Cardiac Procurement Is Associated Increased Incidence of Coronary Arterial Vasculopathy.
H. Copeland,¹ V. Garcia,² A. Sima,² D. Baran,³ A. Mankind,⁴ G. Katlaps,¹ N. Lewis,⁴ B. Dharmaj,¹ J. Copeland.⁵
¹Cardiothoracic Surgery, McGuire VA Medical Center, Richmond, VA; ²Biostatistics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA; ³Cardiology, Beth Israel Medical Center Barnabas Health, Newark, NJ; ⁴Cardiology, McGuire VA Medical Center, Richmond, VA; ⁵Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Purpose: To evaluate cardiac recipient survival and incidence of coronary artery vasculopathy (CAV) in recipient hearts that have been exposed to lung preservation solution, Perfadex.Methods:…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Challenges for the Travelling Donor: Variability Between Donor Work-Up and Donor Surgery in the Canadian Kidney Paired Donation Program.
B. Reikie, T. Kroczak, T. McGregor.
Surgery, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada; Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; Urology, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada
Background: A primary obstacle to providing renal transplantation is limited access to donated kidneys. The living donor pool for renal allografts was greatly expanded through…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Expectations and Experiences of Follow-Up and Self-Care After Living Kidney Donation: A Focus Group Study.
K. Manera,^1,2 C. Hanson,^1,2 J. Chapman,³ J. Kanellis,^4,5 J. Gill,⁶ J. Craig,^1,2 S. Chadban,^7,8 G. Wong,^1,2,3 A. Ralph,^1,2 A. Tong.^1,2
¹Sydney School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia; ²Centre for Kidney Research, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, NSW, Australia; ³Centre for Transplant and Renal Research, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, NSW, Australia; ⁴Department of Nephrology, Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, VIC, Australia; ⁵Department of Medicine, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia; ⁶Division of Nephrology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; ⁷Charles Perkins Centre, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia
Background: Ensuring donor wellbeing warrants ongoing monitoring following living kidney donation. However, there is considerable variability in donor follow up processes, including information provided to…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Use of Forensic DNA Testing to Trace Unethical Organ Procurement and Organ Trafficking Practices.
M. He,^1,2 A. Corson,² Z. Wang,³ J. Russo,² T. Trey.²
¹Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO; ²Doctors Against Forced Organ Harvesting, Washington DC; ³World Organization To Investigate The Persecution of Falun Gong, New York, NY
The purpose of this study is to establish a methodology, which allows to identify evidence of transplant organs originating from Falun Gong prisoners of conscience…
2017 American Transplant Congress
A Novel KPD Mechanism to Increase Transplants When Some Candidates Have Multiple Willing Donors.
T. Sandholm,¹ G. Farina,¹ J. Dickerson,² R. Leishman,³ D. Stewart,³ R. Formica,⁴ C. Thiessen,⁴ S. Kulkarni.⁴
¹Carnegie Mellon U, Pittsburgh; ²U of Maryland, College Park; ³UNOS, Richmond; ⁴Yale U, New Haven
Purpose: Current kidney exchanges such as the OPTN Kidney Paired Donation (KPD) program allow candidates to list multiple willing donors, but only one will donate…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Living and Deceased Donor Uterus Transplantation – The 2-Arm Czech Uterus Transplant Trial: The First Year Report with Four Cases Done so Far.
J. Fronek,¹ R. Chmel,² L. Janousek,¹ M. Novackova,² J. Matecha,² M. Olausson.³
¹Transplant Surgery Department, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine (IKEM), Prague, Czech Republic; ²Gynecology Department, University Motol Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic; ³Department of Surgery, Sahlgrenska University, Goteborg, Sweden
Introduction: Uterus transplantation (UTx) may become another organ transplantation. There is very limited worldwide experience so far. The Czech uterus transplant trial started in 2015.…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Chagas Disease and Outcome in Kidney Transplant.
M. Taylor, A. Martinoia, S. Di PIetrantonio, M. Torres, H. Petrone.
Renal Transplant Unit, CRAI Sur - CUCAIBA, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Introduction: Chagas disease is one of the most expanded endemic in Latin America with 8 people from every 10.000.000 being infected. In Argentina its estimated…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Post-Donation GFR Changes in Living Kidney Donors.
E. Poggio,¹ S. Arrigain,² J. Augustine,¹ S. Flechner,³ J. Schold.²
¹Nephrology and Hypertension, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH; ²Qualitative Health Sciences, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH; ³Urology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Living kidney donor transplantation is the preferred treatment for ESRD because it confers excellent outcomes for recipients and poses reasonable risks to donors. Post-donation glomerular…
2017 American Transplant Congress
A Kidney Paired Donation Standard Acquisition Charge.
M. Rees,^1,2 L. Reece,² S. Rees,² B. Crandall,³ A. Leichtman.⁴
¹U of Toledo, Toledo; ²Alliance for Paired Donation, Perrysburg; ³Wake Forrest U, Winston Salem; ⁴Arbor Research, Ann Arbor
Introduction: A non-profit kidney paired donation (KPD) organization undertook an Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)-funded demonstration project to redesign reimbursement for the costs…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Elucidating Clinical Factors Implicated in Primary Graft Dysfunction After Heart Transplantation.
R. Quintana-Quezada, I. Rajapreyar, Y. Yeh, S. Choi, I. Gregoric, P. Loyalka, B. Kar.
Advanced Heart Failure, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX.
Primary graft dysfunction (PGD) is a frequent complication after heart transplantation (HT) and remains among the leading causes of mortality in these patients. We aim…