OBJECTIVES Several donor and recipient factors are known to be associated with graft loss in a kidney transplant. In this retrospective single-center study, we analyzed the effect of clinical and immunologic factors on kidney transplant outcomes in our region in Italy. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study included 245 transplanted recipients from deceased donors at Federico II University of Naples...

BACKGROUND/AIMS Despite the high rate of rejection, allograft failure and patient mortality in the early years of renal allotransplantation, some patients have done-remarkably well. We report here on 62 renal transplant recipients out of 144 patients (43%) who had functioning grafts for more than 15 years (range 15-24 years). MATERIALS Demographic and follow-up data for patients fulfilling th...

objectives: graft versus host disease (gvhd) is a life threatening reaction in the stem cell transplantation process. nowadays cyclosporine is the most commonly utilized agent for gvhd prophylaxis and it has a major role in successful transplantation. cyclosporine has been applied for many years in this field but it could be stated that currently no general consensus is available for its optima...

Objectives: Graft versus host disease (GVHD) is a life threatening reaction in the stem cell transplantation process. Nowadays Cyclosporine is the most commonly utilized agent for GVHD prophylaxis and it has a major role in successful transplantation. Cyclosporine has been applied for many years in this field but it could be stated that currently no general consensus is available for its optima...

Background: It has not been yet developed a ost suitable method to treat right ventricular failure due to pulmonar artery hypertention resulted from ventricular arrhythia. Though some case reports about patients ready to heart transplant using left assist device or biventral assist device as bridge have been published in Journals, but nocase concerning application of centrifugal pump for treatm...

Porto-pulmonary hypertension and right heart failure are relatively prevalent complications of end-stage liver disease and may increase mortality of patients undergoing cadaveric orthotopic liver transplantation. Even with extensive pre-transplant evaluation, these complications are frequently diagnosed unexpectedly in the operating room and transplant procedure may need to be aborted due to hi...

Portopulmonary hypertension (PPH) is an infrequent, but well-recognized complication of liver cirrhosis. PPH in those with end-stage liver disease has a significant impact on per-operative and intra-operative mortality, with liver transplantation being contraindicated in those individuals with mean pulmonary artery pressure exceeding 50 mmHg. Vasodilatory therapy is the mainstay of pharmacother...