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Articles tagged "Vascular disease"

  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Glomerular Filtration Rate Based on Cystatin C Provides the Best Prediction of Cardiovascular Events and Mortality Compared to Measured GFR and Creatinine Based GFR in Kidney Transplant Recipients

    L. Galapia1, J. Lieske2, A. Rule2, H. Amer2, N. Zhang1, D. Butterfield1, M. Keddis1

    1Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ, 2Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

    *Purpose: GFR estimated by cystatin C (CysC) is a better predictor of cardiovascular (CV) events and mortality compared to eGFR by creatinine (Cr) in native…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Retinal Vein Occlusion Incidence in Kidney Transplant Recipients in South Korea: A Long-Term Population-Based Study

    J. Lee1, S. Park1, J. Kim1, M. Yu2, S. Baek3, K. Han4, D. Kim1, K. Joo1, Y. Kim1, H. Lee1, Y. Kim1

    1Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 2Department of Internal Medicine, Hanyang University Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 3Department of Internal Medicine, Hallym University Dongtan Sacred Heart Hospital, Hwaseong, Korea, Republic of, 4Medical Statistics, College of Medicine, Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea, Republic of

    *Purpose: The risk of retinal vein occlusion(RVO) is known to increase in patients with chronic kidney disease, especially end-stage renal disease (ESRD). However, little is…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Determinants of Cardiovascular Benefit Observed in a Population with a Functioning Renal Transplant versus Patients Undergoing Chronic Dialysis

    J. Sleiman, C. Castellaro, G. Laham, M. Schiavone, M. Biain, L. Brukman, G. Soler Pujol, C. Diaz

    Nephrology, CEMIC, Caba, Argentina

    *Purpose: Patients (pts) with end stage renal disease have a high morbidity and mortality rate, mostly due to cardiovascular events (CV). Transplantation (Tx) improves survival…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Standardization of Pre-Transplant Cardiac Testing in Kidney Transplant Recipients is Associated with Lower Post-Transplant Cardiac Events

    I. Genev1, A. Desai2, R. Garcia-Roca3, S. Shah4, J. Lopez4, V. Mathew4, J. Yoo1, S. Akkina1

    1Department of Medicine, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL, 2Department of Medicine, Division of Transplant Nephrology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL, 3Department of Surgery, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL, 4Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL

    *Purpose: Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of mortality after kidney transplantation and optimal approaches to pre-transplant cardiac testing are not well defined. We applied…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Assessment of Coronary Allograft Vasculopathy by Intravascular Ultrasound 6 Weeks and One Year after Heart Transplantation: A Single Center Study

    A. Alam, E. Dib, H. Zafar, J. Felius, S. Hall, S. Joseph

    Cardiology, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX

    *Purpose: Coronary allograft vasculopathy (CAV) continues to be a common cause of morbidity and mortality in heart transplant recipients. Little is known about the timing…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Late Onset Primary Graft Dysfunction after Lung Transplantation Correlates with Transplant Arteriosclerosis in a Humanized Mouse Model

    M. Franz1, T. Siemeni1, A. Knöfel1, W. Sommer1, M. Avsar1, F. Ius1, I. Tudorache1, C. Kühn1, C. S. Falk2, G. Warnecke1, A. Haverich1

    1Department of Cardiothoracic, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany, 2IFB-Tx, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

    *Purpose: Primary Graft dysfunction (PGD) is one of the most important causes of early mortality after lung transplantation. We investigated the correlation between the incidence…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    The Impact of Increased Visceral Fat in Kidney Transplant Recipients

    Y. Miyauchi, T. Noda, N. Miura, T. Kikugawa, T. Saika

    Ehime University, Toon, Japan

    *Purpose: An increased amount of visceral fat (VF) has been reported as a precursor to metabolic syndrome and is a risk factor for renal dysfunction.…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Prognostic Value Of Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography In Heart Transplantation Recipients

    A. Singhvi, R. Araujo-Gutierrez, M. H. Park, A. Bhimaraj, B. H. Trachtenberg, I. Hussain, A. Guha

    Division of Cardiology/ JC Walter Jr. Transplant Center, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX

    *Purpose: Dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE) carries a class IIa recommendation in the ISHLT guidelines for screening of cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV). Positive DSEs have a…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Poor Practitioner Adherence to Clinical Tobacco Use Guidelines in Liver Transplant Recipients

    M. Kosirog1, P. T. Campbell1, S. Montag2, S. Connolly1, A. Daud3, A. Das1, S. Pine1, D. Finn3, J. Levitsky1, J. L. Holl4, D. Lloyd-Jones5, L. B. VanWagner6

    1Division of GI and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern Medicine, Chicago, IL, 2Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern Medicine, Chicago, IL, 3Center for Healthcare Studies, Northwestern Medicine, Chicago, IL, 4Department of Pediatrics & Center for Healthcare Studies, Northwestern Medicine, Chicago, IL, 5Departments of Preventive Medicine and Medicine-Cardiology, Northwestern Medicine, Chicago, IL, 6Division of GI and Hepatology, Department of Medicine and Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern Medicine, Chicago, IL

    *Purpose: Tobacco use is a modifiable risk factor for major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) in liver transplant recipients (LTRs). However, data are lacking about practitioner…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Ligation of the Proximal Splenic Vein to Keep Adequate Portal Flow in Patients with Large Splenorenal Shunts during Living Donor Liver Transplantation

    C. Cheng

    Department of General Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, Kwei-Shan Township, Taoyuan, Taiwan

    *Purpose: Adequate graft portal venous flow is essential for the rapid regeneration of partial grafts during living donor liver transplantation (LDLT). Large splenorenal shunts (SRS)…
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