Publications - Kymberly D. Watt, M.D.

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  1. Guichelaar M, Gawrieh S, Olivier M, Viker K, Krishnan A, Sanderson S, Malinchoc M, Watt K, Swain J, Sarr M, Charlton M. Interactions of allelic variance of PNPLA3 with non genetic factors in predicting NASH and non-hepatic complications of severe obesity. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2013 Feb 18. [Epub ahead of print]
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  2. Heimbach JK, Watt KD, Poterucha JJ, Ziller NF, Cecco SD, Charlton MR, Hay JE, Wiesner RH, Sanchez W, Rosen CB, Swain JM. Combined liver transplantation and gastric sleeve resection for patients with medically complicated obesity and end-stage liver disease. Am J Transplant. 2013 Feb; 13(2):363-8. Epub 2012 Nov 08.
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  3. Watt KD. Reducing the load: the evolution and management of obesity and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis before liver transplantation. Liver Transpl. 2012 Nov; 18 Suppl 2:S52-8.
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  4. Chandok N, Watt KD. Burden of de novo malignancy in the liver transplant recipient. Liver Transpl. 2012 Nov; 18(11):1277-89. Epub 2012 Sep 26.
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  5. Watt KD, Dierkhising R, Heimbach JK, Charlton MR. Impact of sirolimus and tacrolimus on mortality and graft loss in liver transplant recipients with or without hepatitis C virus: an analysis of the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients Database. Liver Transpl. 2012 Sep; 18(9):1029-36.
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  6. Singh S, Watt KD. Long-term medical management of the liver transplant recipient: what the primary care physician needs to know. Mayo Clin Proc. 2012 Aug; 87(8):779-90. Epub 2012 Jul 03.
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  7. Duarte-Rojo A, Veldt BJ, Goldstein DD, Tillman HL, Watt KD, Heimbach JK, McHutchison JG, Poterucha JJ, Vargas-Vorackova F, Charlton MR. The course of posttransplant hepatitis C infection: comparative impact of donor and recipient source of the favorable IL28B genotype and other variables. Transplantation. 2012 Jul 27; 94(2):197-203.
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  8. Levitsky J, Fiel MI, Norvell JP, Wang E, Watt KD, Curry MP, Tewani S, McCashland TM, Hoteit MA, Shaked A, Saab S, Chi AC, Tien A, Schiano TD. Risk for immune-mediated graft dysfunction in liver transplant recipients with recurrent HCV infection treated with pegylated interferon. Gastroenterology. 2012 May; 142(5):1132-1139.e1. Epub 2012 Jan 25.
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  9. Laryea MA, Watt KD. Immunoprophylaxis against and prevention of recurrent viral hepatitis after liver transplantation. Liver Transpl. 2012 May; 18(5):514-23.
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  10. Veldt BJ, Duarte-Rojo A, Thompson AJ, Watt KD, Heimbach JK, Tillmann HL, Goldstein DD, McHutchison JG, Charlton MR. Recipient IL28B polymorphism is an important independent predictor of posttransplant diabetes mellitus in liver transplant patients with chronic hepatitis C. Am J Transplant. 2012 Mar; 12(3):737-44. Epub 2012 Feb 02.
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  11. Koehler E, Swain J, Sanderson S, Krishnan A, Watt K, Charlton M. Growth hormone, dehydroepiandrosterone and adiponectin levels in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis: an endocrine signature for advanced fibrosis in obese patients. Liver Int. 2012 Feb; 32(2):279-86. Epub 2011 Sep 09.
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  12. Weingarten TN, Mantilla CB, Swain JM, Kendrick ML, Oberhansley JM, Burcham RJ, Ribeiro TC, Watt KD, Schroeder DR, Narr BJ, Sprung J. Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis in bariatric patients with a diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea. Obes Facts. 2012; 5(4):587-96. Epub 2012 Sep 05.
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  13. Watt KD. Metabolic syndrome: is immunosuppression to blame? Liver Transpl. 2011 Nov; 17 Suppl 3:S38-42.
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  14. Charlton MR, Burns JM, Pedersen RA, Watt KD, Heimbach JK, Dierkhising RA. Frequency and outcomes of liver transplantation for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis in the United States. Gastroenterology. 2011 Oct; 141(4):1249-53. Epub 2011 Jul 02.
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  15. Massoud O, Heimbach J, Viker K, Krishnan A, Poterucha J, Sanchez W, Watt K, Wiesner R, Charlton M. Noninvasive diagnosis of acute cellular rejection in liver transplant recipients: a proteomic signature validated by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Liver Transpl. 2011 Jun; 17(6):723-32.
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  16. Ribeireiro T, Swain J, Sarr M, Kendrick M, Que F, Sanderson S, Krishnan A, Viker K, Watt K, Charlton M. NAFLD and insulin resistance do not increase the risk of postoperative complications among patients undergoing bariatric surgery--a prospective analysis. Obes Surg. 2011 Mar; 21(3):310-5.
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  17. Coss E, Watt KD, Pedersen R, Dierkhising R, Heimbach JK, Charlton MR. Predictors of cardiovascular events after liver transplantation: a role for pretransplant serum troponin levels. Liver Transpl. 2011 Jan; 17(1):23-31.
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  18. Makol A, Watt KD, Chowdhary VR. Autoimmune hepatitis: a review of current diagnosis and treatment. Hepat Res Treat. 2011; 2011:390916. Epub 2011 May 15.
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  19. Watt KD. Obesity and metabolic complications of liver transplantation. Liver Transpl. 2010 Oct; 16(S2):S65-71.
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  20. Watt KD, Coss E, Pedersen RA, Dierkhising R, Heimbach JK, Charlton MR. Pretransplant serum troponin levels are highly predictive of patient and graft survival following liver transplantation. Liver Transpl. 2010 Aug; 16(8):990-8.
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  21. Watt KD, Charlton MR. Metabolic syndrome and liver transplantation: a review and guide to management. J Hepatol. 2010 Jul; 53(1):199-206. Epub 2010 Mar 31.
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  22. Watt KD, Pedersen RA, Kremers WK, Heimbach JK, Charlton MR. Evolution of causes and risk factors for mortality post-liver transplant: results of the NIDDK long-term follow-up study. Am J Transplant. 2010 Jun; 10(6):1420-7. Epub 2010 May 10.
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  23. Chandok N, Watt KD. Pain management in the cirrhotic patient: the clinical challenge. Mayo Clin Proc. 2010 May; 85(5):451-8. Epub 2010 Mar 31.
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  24. Watt KDS, Chandok N. Safe use of opioids to manage pain in patients with cirrhosis: Reply. Mayo Clin Proc. 2010; 85(10):960.
  25. Watt KD, Pedersen RA, Kremers WK, Heimbach JK, Sanchez W, Gores GJ. Long-term probability of and mortality from de novo malignancy after liver transplantation. Gastroenterology. 2009 Dec; 137(6):2010-7. Epub 2009 Sep 18.
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  26. Koehler E, Watt K, Charlton M. Fatty liver and liver transplantation. Clin Liver Dis. 2009 Nov; 13(4):621-30.
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  27. Watt K, Veldt B, Charlton M. A practical guide to the management of HCV infection following liver transplantation. Am J Transplant. 2009 Aug; 9(8):1707-13. Epub 2009 Jun 16.
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  28. Veldt BJ, Poterucha JJ, Watt KD, Wiesner RH, Hay JE, Rosen CB, Heimbach JK, Janssen HL, Charlton MR. Insulin resistance, serum adipokines and risk of fibrosis progression in patients transplanted for hepatitis C. Am J Transplant. 2009 Jun; 9(6):1406-13. Epub 2009 May 13.
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  29. Veldt BJ, Poterucha JJ, Watt KD, Wiesner RH, Hay JE, Kremers WK, Rosen CB, Heimbach JK, Charlton MR. Impact of pegylated interferon and ribavirin treatment on graft survival in liver transplant patients with recurrent hepatitis C infection. Am J Transplant. 2008 Nov; 8(11):2426-33. Epub 2008 Aug 22.
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  30. Nudo CG, Yoshida EM, Bain VG, Marleau D, Wong P, Marotta PJ, Renner E, Watt KD, Deschenes M. Liver transplantation for hepatic epithelioid hemangioendothelioma: the Canadian multicentre experience. Can J Gastroenterol. 2008 Oct; 22(10):821-4.
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  31. Leonard J, Heimbach JK, Malinchoc M, Watt K, Charlton M. The impact of obesity on long-term outcomes in liver transplant recipients-results of the NIDDK liver transplant database. Am J Transplant. 2008 Mar; 8(3):667-72.
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  32. Watt KD, Burak KW, Deschenes M, Lilly L, Marleau D, Marotta P, Mason A, Peltekian KM, Renner E, Yoshida EM, Canadian Transplant Hepatology Outcomes Research Network. Survival after liver transplantation for hepatitis C is unchanged over two decades in Canada. Can J Gastroenterol. 2008 Feb; 22(2):153-4.
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  33. McCashland T, Watt K, Lyden E, Adams L, Charlton M, Smith AD, McGuire BM, Biggins SW, Neff G, Burton JR Jr, Vargas H, Donovan J, Trotter J, Faust T. Retransplantation for hepatitis C: results of a U.S. multicenter retransplant study. Liver Transpl. 2007 Sep; 13(9):1246-53.
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  34. Laryea M, Watt KD, Molinari M, Walsh MJ, McAlister VC, Marotta PJ, Nashan B, Peltekian KM. Metabolic syndrome in liver transplant recipients: prevalence and association with major vascular events. Liver Transpl. 2007 Aug; 13(8):1109-14.
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  35. Watt K, Kives K, Corbin I, Zhang M, Minuk GY. Lack of susceptibility to ischemic necrosis of the remnant liver following partial hepatectomy in the rat. Hepatogastroenterology. 2007 Mar; 54(74):463-5.
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  36. Tulisov A, McMahon BJ, Koch A, Minuk G, Chulanov V, Bruce MG, Uhanova J, Borresen M, Williams J, Osiowy C, Gelvan A, Alexeeva M, Larke B, Watt K. Viral hepatitis in the Arctic. A review from a Circumpolar Workshop on Viral hepatitis, ICCH13. Alaska Med. 2007; 49(2 Suppl):193-203.
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  37. Molinari M, Watt KD, Kruszyna T, Nelson R, Walsh M, Huang WY, Nashan B, Peltekian K. Acute liver failure induced by green tea extracts: case report and review of the literature. Liver Transpl. 2006 Dec; 12(12):1892-5.
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  38. Watt KD. Abnormal liver enzymes 2-3 months after liver transplantation in a patient with hepatitis C: Report of a case. Liver Transpl. 2006 Nov; 12(11 Suppl 2):S29-31.
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  39. Watt KD, Burak K, Deschenes M, Lilly L, Marleau D, Marotta P, Mason A, Peltekian KM, Renner EL, Yoshida EM, Canadian Transplant Hepatology Outcomes Research Network. Recurrent hepatitis C post-transplantation: where are we now and where do we go from here? A report from the Canadian transplant hepatology workshop. Can J Gastroenterol. 2006 Nov; 20(11):725-34.
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  40. Singh H, Watt K, Veitch R, Cantor M, Duerksen DR. Malnutrition is prevalent in hospitalized medical patients: are housestaff identifying the malnourished patient? Nutrition. 2006 Apr; 22(4):350-4. Epub 2006 Feb 02.
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  41. Watt KD, Lyden ER, Gulizia JM, McCashland TM. Recurrent hepatitis C posttransplant: early preservation injury may predict poor outcome. Liver Transpl. 2006 Jan; 12(1):134-9.
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  42. Watt KD, Menke T, Lyden E, McCashland TM. Mortality while awaiting liver retransplantation: predictability of MELD scores. Transplant Proc. 2005 Jun; 37(5):2172-3.
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  43. Watt KD, McCashland TM. Transplantation in the alcoholic patient. Semin Liver Dis. 2004 Aug; 24(3):249-55.
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  44. Watt K, Uhanova J, Gong Y, Kaita K, Doucette K, Pettigrew N, Minuk GY. Serum immunoglobulins predict the extent of hepatic fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection. J Viral Hepat. 2004 May; 11(3):251-6.
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  45. Belitsky P, Nashan B, Kiberd B, West K, Legare JF, Keough-Ryan T, Watt K. The year in review--2004. Clin Transpl. 2004; 269-301.
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  46. Watt KD, Hawkins K, Zhang M, Lipschitz J, Sandha G, Gong Y, Uhanova J, Minuk GY. TGF-beta protein levels are not elevated in the blood or bile of patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis - a pilot study. Dig Dis Sci. 2004; 49(1):5-8.
  47. Watt KD, Lyden E, McCashland T. Poor survival after hepatic retransplantation: is hepatitis C to blame? Liver Transpl. 2003; 9(10):1019-24.
  48. Watt K, Uhanova J, Minuk GY. Hepatorenal syndrome: diagnostic accuracy, clinical features, and outcome in a tertiary care center. Am J Gastroenterol. 2002 Aug; 97(8):2046-50.
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