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Trekking new ground: Overcoming medical and social impediments for extended criteria liver transplant recipients
Author(s) -
McCaughan Geoffrey W.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
liver transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.814
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1527-6473
pISSN - 1527-6465
DOI - 10.1002/lt.23526
Subject(s) - medicine , liver transplantation , intensive care medicine , liver disease , transplantation , surgery
Key Points 1. There is an increasing recognition that previously marginal candidates for liver transplantation can receive therapies that allow transplant to take place. 2. Coronary artery disease is an increasing co‐morbidity in liver transplant candidates. 3. Physio‐social issues require written guidelines and patient advocates. 4. Methadone maintenance therapy per se is not a contra‐indication to liver transplantation. Liver Transpl 18:S‐S, 2012. © 2012 AASLD.