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Variations in Recipient and Donor Clinical Characteristics between Heart Transplant Centers
*Purpose: When a patient has discretion over which heart transplant program will evaluate them for the waitlist, prior knowledge of program acceptance practices can enable…2020 American Transplant Congress
Geographic Variation in Listing for Kidney Transplantation: A State-Level Assessment of Access among Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease in the United States
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
*Purpose: Barriers to deceased donor kidney transplantation (DDKT) exist, including referral for transplant and waitlist addition, which may vary regionally. The objective of this study…2020 American Transplant Congress
Association between Alcoholic Liver Disease and Alcohol Tax
*Purpose: The incidence of Alcoholic Liver Disease (ALD) has increased, causing ALD to become a primary indication for liver transplantation in the United States. We…2020 American Transplant Congress
Flagging of Transplant Centers Associated with Increased Waitlist Mortality among Liver Candidates
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
*Purpose: Previous studies have demonstrated decreased transplant rates among poor performing transplant centers meeting Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) flagging criteria. However, no…2020 American Transplant Congress
Transarterial Chemoembolization and Radio-Embolization are Similarly Efficacious in Achieving Successful Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) Down-Staging: Results from the Multicenter Evaluation of Reduction in Tumor Size Before Liver Transplantation (MERITS-LT) Consortium
*Purpose: United Network of Organ Sharing (UNOS) Region 5 has reported excellent liver transplantation (LT) outcomes after successful down-staging (DS) in HCC patients exceeding Milan…2020 American Transplant Congress
Center Effects Substantially Explain Disparities in Access to Kidney Transplants, Yet DSA Effects Remain
United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: The OPTN developed a novel methodology in 2016 to monitor equity in access to deceased donor kidney transplants (Tx) among waitlisted candidates. Results have…2020 American Transplant Congress
One Year of the OPTN’s SLK Allocation Policy
*Purpose: Simultaneous Liver-Kidney (SLK) allocation policy went into effect on 8/10/17, establishing medical eligibility criteria for adult SLK candidates and creating a “Safety Net” for…2020 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Worsening Renal Function While Waiting for Heart Transplantation
*Purpose: Pre transplant renal function has been shown to be a strong predictor of long term renal as well as patient survival in heart transplant…2020 American Transplant Congress
Frailty Attenuates the Gender Gap in Waitlist Mortality in Liver Transplant Candidates: A Multi-Center Study with 1,240 Patients with Cirrhosis
*Purpose: Women LT candidates experience higher rates of waitlist mortality than men. Frailty is a critical determinant of mortality in patients with cirrhosis but it…2020 American Transplant Congress
National Trends in Locoregional Therapy among Liver Transplant (LT) Candidates with Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) in the United States
1Stanford University, Redwood City, CA, 2University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: Advances in locoregional therapy (LRT) have expanded treatment options for patients with HCC. As recent policy changes in the United States (US) have lengthened…
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