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Articles tagged "Vascular disease"

  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Belatacept Conversion for Calcineurin Inhibitor-Associated Thrombotic Microangiopathy in Kidney Transplant Recipients

    S. A. Muhsin, K. Safa, H. M. Gilligan, E. C. Heher, W. W. Williams, D. M. Wojciechowski

    Nephrology Division, MGH, Boston, MA

    *Purpose: Thrombotic Microangiopathy (TMA) in kidney transplant recipients is a serious complication that can cause graft loss. It can be associated with immunosuppressive medications such…
  • 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)…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Successful Repair of Kidney Graft Artery Rupture Secondary to Infection Using a Preprocessed Homologous ‘Y’-Shaped Iliac Artery

    G. Liu, X. Wang, J. Wu, W. Peng, R. Wang, H. Huang, J. Chen

    Kidney Disease Center, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

    *Purpose: This retrospective study aims to describe novel ways of repair kidney allograft artery rupture secondary to infection using a preprocessed homologous “Y”-shaped iliac artery.*Methods:…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Quantitative Measuring of Iliac Artery Calcification in Renal Transplantation

    C. Choi1, A. Han2, S. Ahn2, M. Ahn1, S. Min2, J. Ha2

    1Transplantation and vascular surgery, Chungnam National University Hospital, Daejeon, Korea, Republic of, 2Transplantation and vascular surgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of

    *Purpose: Arterial calcification is common in patients with end stage renal disease and is often accompanied by wall hypertrophy. The aims of this study are…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Renal Function, Albuminuria, and the Risk of Hemorrhage and Thrombosis after Kidney Transplantation

    N. N. Lam1, P. Ravani2, R. R. Quinn2, M. Tonelli2, F. Ye1, B. R. Hemmelgarn2, M. M. Sood3

    1University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, 2University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, 3University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

    *Purpose: Compared to the general population, kidney transplant recipients are at increased risk of hemorrhage and thrombosis. Whether this risk is affected by kidney function…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Serum Adipocyte Fatty Acid Binding Protein Level is Negatively Associated with Vascular Reactivity Index Measured by Digital Thermal Monitoring in Kidney Transplant Patients

    M. Lee1, B. Hsu2

    1Surgery, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Hualien, Taiwan, 2Nephrology, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Hualien, Taiwan

    *Purpose: Adipocyte fatty acid-binding protein (A-FABP) is abundantly found in mature adipocytes, activated macrophages, and dendritic cells and is involved in lipid metabolism, metabolic and…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Apoptotic Exosome-Like Vesicles Induce Endothelial Cell Plasticity and Accelerate Allograft Vascular Remodeling

    F. Migneault1, M. Dieudé1, J. Turgeon1, A. Karakeussian Rimbaud1, D. Beillevaire1, M. Hardy2, A. Brodeur1, N. Thibodeau1, C. Perreault2, M. Hébert1

    1CRCHUM, Montreal, QC, Canada, 2IRIC, Montreal, QC, Canada

    *Purpose: Acute vascular rejection of allografts is associated with endothelial apoptosis which in turn contributes to the development of transplant vasculopathy. We previously showed that…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Four Years Follow-Up in Kidney Transplant Patients with Vascular Calcifications

    L. León,1 A. Uriona,1 J. Hidalgo,1 L. Condori,1 O. Guardia,1 E. Chuluyan,2 D. Casadei.1

    1Instituto de Nefrología de Buenos Aires, Nephrology, Buenos Aires, Argentina; 2CEFYBO, UBA, CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

    Vascular calcification is associated with significant morbidity and mortality in chronic kidney diseases and kidney transplantation improves mineral metabolism. However, it is not known whether…
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