Organ Transplantation Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about Organ Transplantation, including details on risks, prognosis, procedure, surgery.

Volume 5 (2008), Issue 1 (January)

1. Free vascularized fibular graft salvage of complications of long-bone allograft after tumor reconstruction.
   J Bone Joint Surg Am, 90(1): 93-100. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. A long-term follow-up study of anterior tibial allografting and instrumentation in the management of thoracolumbar tuberculous spondylitis.
   J Neurosurg Spine, 8(1): 30-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Use of renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibitors within the first eight to twelve weeks after renal transplantation.
   Ann Pharmacother, 42(1): 116-20. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Novel methods for tracking long-term maintenance immunosuppression regimens.
   Clin J Am Soc Nephrol, 3(1): 117-24. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Accuracy of Doppler-estimated pulmonary vascular resistance in patients before liver transplantation.
   Am J Cardiol, 101(2): 259-62. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Frequency and significance of acute heart failure following liver transplantation.
   Am J Cardiol, 101(2): 242-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Experimental renal preservation by normothermic resuscitation perfusion with autologous blood.
   Br J Surg, 95(1): 111-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Effect of liver transplantation on transthyretin Tyr114Cys-related cerebral amyloid angiopathy.
   Neurology, 70(2): 123-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. The impact of the lung allocation score on short-term transplantation outcomes: a multicenter study.
   J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 135(1): 166-71. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Additive protection against lung ischemia-reperfusion injury by adenosine A2A receptor activation before procurement and during reperfusion.
    J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 135(1): 156-65. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Predicting survival among high-risk pediatric cardiac transplant recipients: an analysis of the United Network for Organ Sharing database.
    J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 135(1): 147-55, 155.e1-2. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Diaphragmatic hernias after sequential left ventricular assist device explantation and orthotopic heart transplant: early results of laparoscopic repair with polytetrafluoroethylene.
    J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 135(1): 38-43. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Intravascular ultrasound correlates with coronary flow reserve and predicts the survival in angiographically normal cardiac transplant recipients.
    Cardiology, 109(2): 93-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Rates of solid-organ wait-listing, transplantation, and survival among residents of rural and urban areas.
    JAMA, 299(2): 202-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Additional surgery after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: can we improve technical aspects of the initial procedure?
    Arthroscopy, 24(1): 88-95. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Oxidative stress and 'monocyte reprogramming' after kidney transplant: a longitudinal study.
    Blood Purif, 26(1): 105-10. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Human herpesvirus 6 infection of the gastroduodenal mucosa.
    Clin Infect Dis, 46(3): 434-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Right-to-left shunt through a patent foramen ovale left open in the management of acute right heart failure after heart transplantation.
    J Heart Lung Transplant, 27(1): 135-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Cutaneous Aspergillus ustus in a lung transplant recipient: emergence of a new opportunistic fungal pathogen.
    J Heart Lung Transplant, 27(1): 131-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. The real estate of myoblast cardiac transplantation: negative remodeling is associated with location.
    J Heart Lung Transplant, 27(1): 116-23. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Relationship of immunosuppression to Epstein-Barr viral load and lymphoproliferative disease in pediatric heart transplant patients.
    J Heart Lung Transplant, 27(1): 100-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Perfusion preservation versus static preservation for cardiac transplantation: effects on myocardial function and metabolism.
    J Heart Lung Transplant, 27(1): 93-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. The implications of pulmonary embolism in a multiorgan donor for subsequent pulmonary, renal, and cardiac transplantation.
    J Heart Lung Transplant, 27(1): 78-85. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Mycophenolate mofetil dose reduction for gastrointestinal intolerance is associated with increased rates of rejection in heart transplant patients.
    J Heart Lung Transplant, 27(1): 72-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Assessment of pulmonary artery systolic pressures by stress Doppler echocardiography after bilateral lung transplantation.
    J Heart Lung Transplant, 27(1): 66-71. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Pulmonary retransplantation: is it worth the effort? A long-term analysis of 46 cases.
    J Heart Lung Transplant, 27(1): 60-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Exercise training attenuates progressive decline in brachial artery reactivity in heart transplant recipients.
    J Heart Lung Transplant, 27(1): 52-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Quinolone-related Achilles tendinopathy in heart transplant patients: incidence and risk factors.
    J Heart Lung Transplant, 27(1): 46-51. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Endothelial cell activation contributes to the release of procoagulant microparticles during acute cardiac allograft rejection.
    J Heart Lung Transplant, 27(1): 38-45. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Relationship between natriuretic peptides and inflammation: proteomic evidence obtained during acute cellular cardiac allograft rejection in humans.
    J Heart Lung Transplant, 27(1): 31-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Assessment of early atherosclerosis in de novo heart transplant recipients: analysis with intravascular ultrasound-derived radiofrequency analysis.
    J Heart Lung Transplant, 27(1): 26-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. A decade of percutaneous coronary interventions in cardiac transplant recipients: a monocentric study in 160 patients.
    J Heart Lung Transplant, 27(1): 17-25. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. Incidence and clinical characteristics of herpes zoster after lung transplantation.
    J Heart Lung Transplant, 27(1): 11-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Quantification of Epstein-Barr virus-DNA load in lung transplant recipients: a comparison of plasma versus whole blood.
    J Heart Lung Transplant, 27(1): 7-10. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. Caspofungin as first-line therapy for the treatment of invasive aspergillosis after thoracic organ transplantation.
    J Heart Lung Transplant, 27(1): 1-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. Disseminated juvenile xanthogranulomatosis in a newborn resulting in liver transplantation.
    J Am Acad Dermatol, 58(2): S12-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. Ethics of organ donation and transplantation involving prisoners: the debate extends beyond our borders.
    Intern Med J, 38(1): 56-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
38. Comparison of renal transplantation outcomes in children with and without bladder dysfunction. A customized approach equals the difference.
    J Urol, 179(2): 712-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
39. Selection of patients for liver transplantation and allocation of donated livers in the UK.
    Gut, 57(2): 252-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
40. Endothelial cell chimerism associated with graft rejection after human lung transplantation.
    Transplantation, 85(1): 150-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
41. Does repeated Ramadan fasting adversely affect kidney function in renal transplant patients?
    Transplantation, 85(1): 141-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
42. Rapamycin inhibits PAI-1 expression and reduces interstitial fibrosis and glomerulosclerosis in chronic allograft nephropathy.
    Transplantation, 85(1): 125-34. [Abstract] [Full-text]
43. The role of graft and host accommodation in a hamster-to-rat cardiac transplantation model.
    Transplantation, 85(1): 112-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
44. Long-term donor-specific tolerance in rat cardiac allografts by intrabone marrow injection of donor bone marrow cells.
    Transplantation, 85(1): 93-101. [Abstract] [Full-text]
45. The relative effects of warm and cold ischemic injury in an experimental model of nonheartbeating donor kidneys.
    Transplantation, 85(1): 88-92. [Abstract] [Full-text]
46. Albumin mRNA in plasma predicts post-transplant recurrence of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.
    Transplantation, 85(1): 81-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
47. Infectious complications after simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation: a role for the lectin pathway of complement activation.
    Transplantation, 85(1): 75-80. [Abstract] [Full-text]
48. Assessment of graft fibrosis by transient elastography in patients with recurrent hepatitis C after living donor liver transplantation.
    Transplantation, 85(1): 69-74. [Abstract] [Full-text]
49. Outcomes of dual adult kidney transplants in the United States: an analysis of the OPTN/UNOS database.
    Transplantation, 85(1): 62-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
50. Expression of IMPDH1 and IMPDH2 after transplantation and initiation of immunosuppression.
    Transplantation, 85(1): 55-61. [Abstract] [Full-text]
51. The risk of microscopic colitis in solid-organ transplantation patients: a population-based study.
    Transplantation, 85(1): 48-54. [Abstract] [Full-text]
52. Over 500 solitary pancreas transplants in nonuremic patients with brittle diabetes mellitus.
    Transplantation, 85(1): 42-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
53. Long-term azithromycin for bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome after lung transplantation.
    Transplantation, 85(1): 36-41. [Abstract] [Full-text]
54. Pulmonary oxygen uptake and heart rate kinetics during the six-minute walk test in transplant recipients.
    Transplantation, 85(1): 29-35. [Abstract] [Full-text]
55. Ciclosporin A tapering monitored by NFAT-regulated gene expression: a new concept of individual immunosuppression.
    Transplantation, 85(1): 15-21. [Abstract] [Full-text]
56. Biliary complications after liver transplantation from maastricht category-2 non-heart-beating donors.
    Transplantation, 85(1): 9-14. [Abstract] [Full-text]
57. The association of candidate mortality rates with kidney transplant outcomes and center performance evaluations.
    Transplantation, 85(1): 1-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
58. Role of ICOS pathway in autoimmune and alloimmune responses in NOD mice.
    Clin Immunol, 126(2): 140-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
59. Effect of graft steatosis on liver function and organ survival after liver transplantation.
    Am J Surg, 195(2): 214-20. [Abstract] [Full-text]
60. The influence of organ acceptance criteria on long-term graft survival: outcomes of a kidney transplant program.
    Am J Surg, 195(2): 149-52. [Abstract] [Full-text]
61. Quantitative dobutamine stress echocardiography for the early detection of cardiac allograft vasculopathy in heart transplant recipients.
    Heart, 94(2): e3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
62. Successful treatment of a child with late-onset T-cell post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder/lymphoma.
    Pediatr Blood Cancer, 50(3): 667-70. [Abstract] [Full-text]
63. Transmission of tropical and geographically restricted infections during solid-organ transplantation.
    Clin Microbiol Rev, 21(1): 60-96. [Abstract] [Full-text]
64. Complications of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with bone-patellar tendon-bone constructs: care and prevention.
    Am J Sports Med, 36(2): 379-94. [Abstract] [Full-text]
65. The medial approach to the fibula: a feasible alternative.
    J Oral Maxillofac Surg, 66(2): 319-23. [Abstract] [Full-text]
66. Recombinant human BMP-2 enhances the effects of materials used for reconstruction of large cranial defects.
    J Oral Maxillofac Surg, 66(2): 277-85. [Abstract] [Full-text]
67. Experience with the prefabricated free fibula flap for reconstruction of maxillary and mandibular defects.
    J Oral Maxillofac Surg, 66(2): 260-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
68. Reconstruction of the maxilla and mandible with particulate bone graft and titanium mesh for implant placement.
    J Oral Maxillofac Surg, 66(2): 235-45. [Abstract] [Full-text]
69. Intraoperative anisocoria in a child during renal transplantation.
    Acta Anaesthesiol Scand, 52(2): 307-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
70. Expression of inosine monophosphate dehydrogenase type I and type II after mycophenolate mofetil treatment: a 2-year follow-up in kidney transplantation.
    Clin Pharmacol Ther, 83(2): 328-35. [Abstract] [Full-text]
71. Survival analysis of patients with transplantable recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma: implications for salvage liver transplant.
    Arch Surg, 143(1): 68-74; discussion 74. [Abstract] [Full-text]
72. Chimerism and tolerance in a recipient of a deceased-donor liver transplant.
    N Engl J Med, 358(4): 369-74. [Abstract] [Full-text]
73. Tolerance and chimerism after renal and hematopoietic-cell transplantation.
    N Engl J Med, 358(4): 362-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
74. HLA-mismatched renal transplantation without maintenance immunosuppression.
    N Engl J Med, 358(4): 353-61. [Abstract] [Full-text]
75. Human ApoA-I transfer attenuates transplant arteriosclerosis via enhanced incorporation of bone marrow-derived endothelial progenitor cells.
    Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol, 28(2): 278-83. [Abstract] [Full-text]
76. Early and late outcomes of cardiac surgery in patients with moderate to severe preoperative renal dysfunction without dialysis.
    Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg, 7(1): 90-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
77. Partial left ventricular unloading reverses contractile dysfunction and helps recover gene expressions in failing rat hearts.
    Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg, 7(1): 27-31. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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