Articles tagged "Vascular disease"

2015 American Transplant Congress
High Incidence of Masked Hypertension in Pediatric Recipients of Stem Cell Transplantation
A. Melk,¹ D. Thurn-Valsassina,¹ B. Schmidt,² R. Beier.³
¹Pediatric Nephrology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany; ²Nephrology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany; ³Pediatric Hematology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
Purpose: Different from recipients of a solid organ transplant, stem cell transplantation (SCT) recipients do not receive long term immunosuppressive treatment that may cause renal…
2015 American Transplant Congress
The Effects of Donor Specific Anti- Human Leukocyte Antigen Antibodies Late After Heart Transplantation
M. Kittleson, J. Patel, F. Liou, S. Siddiqui, A. Fong, M. Johnson, D. Chang, L. Czer, F. Esmailian, N. Reinsmoen, J. Kobashigawa.
Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, Los Angeles, CA.
Purpose: The development of anti-HLA antibodies following heart transplantation has been associated with poor outcomes, including lower survival and increased risk for the development of…