Cardiovascular risk assessment of the liver transplant candidate

Z Raval, ME Harinstein, AI Skaro, A Erdogan… - Journal of the American …, 2011 - jacc.org
Liver transplantation (LT) candidates today are increasingly older, have greater medical
acuity, and have more cardiovascular comorbidities than ever before. Steadily rising model …

[HTML][HTML] Cardiovascular dysfunction in patients with liver cirrhosis

G Fede, G Privitera, T Tomaselli… - … Publication of the …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Hyperdynamic syndrome is a well-known clinical condition found in patients with cirrhosis
and portal hypertension, characterized by increased heart rate and cardiac output, and …

[HTML][HTML] Multidisciplinary approach to cardiac and pulmonary vascular disease risk assessment in liver transplantation: an evaluation of the evidence and consensus …

LB VanWagner, ME Harinstein, JR Runo… - American Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Liver transplant (LT) candidates today are older, have greater medical severity of illness,
and have more cardiovascular comorbidities than ever before. In addition, there are specific …

[PDF][PDF] A point‐based prediction model for cardiovascular risk in orthotopic liver transplantation: the CAR‐OLT score

LB VanWagner, H Ning, M Whitsett, J Levitsky… - …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) complications are important causes of morbidity and mortality
after orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). There is currently no preoperative risk …

Intention‐to‐treat survival benefit of liver transplantation in patients with hepatocellular cancer

Q Lai, A Vitale, S Iesari, A Finkenstedt, G Mennini… - Hepatology, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) complications are important causes of morbidity and mortality
after orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). There is currently no preoperative risk …

[PDF][PDF] Adverse cardiac events after orthotopic liver transplantation: a cross‐sectional study in 389 consecutive patients

R Nicolau‐Raducu, M Gitman, D Ganier… - Liver …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Current American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association guidelines caution that
preoperative noninvasive cardiac tests may have poor predictive value for detecting …

[PDF][PDF] Argininosuccinate synthase 1 (ASS1): a marker of unclassified hepatocellular adenoma and high bleeding risk

E Henriet, A Abou Hammoud, JW Dupuy… - …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Hepatocellular adenomas (HCAs) are rare benign tumors divided into three main subgroups
defined by pathomolecular features, HNF1A (H‐HCA), mutated β‐catenin (b‐HCA), and …

[HTML][HTML] Arrhythmia risk in liver cirrhosis

I Mozos - World journal of hepatology, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Interactions between the functioning of the heart and the liver have been described, with
heart diseases affecting the liver, liver diseases affecting the heart, and conditions that …

[PDF][PDF] Pre–liver transplant cardiac catheterization is associated with low rate of myocardial infarction and cardiac mortality

I Kutkut, RJ Rachwan, LR Timsina, MS Ghabril… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background and Aims A study at Indiana University demonstrated a reduction in myocardial
infarction (MI) incidence with increased frequency of cardiac catheterization (CATH) in liver …

Echocardiography in liver transplant candidates

A Garg, WF Armstrong - JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging, 2013 - jacc.org
Involvement of the cardiovascular system in patients with end-stage liver disease (ESLD) is
well recognized and may be seen in several scenarios in adult liver transplantation (LT) …