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Cardiac diseases among liver transplant candidates
Author(s) -
Gitman Marina,
Albertz Megan,
NicolauRaducu Ramona,
Aniskevich Stephen,
Pai SherLu
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
clinical transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.918
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1399-0012
pISSN - 0902-0063
DOI - 10.1111/ctr.13296
Subject(s) - medicine , liver transplantation , perioperative , disease , liver disease , intensive care medicine , population , cardiology , surgery , transplantation , environmental health
Improvements in early survival after liver transplant ( LT ) have allowed for the selection of LT candidates with multiple comorbidities. Cardiovascular disease is a major contributor to post‐ LT complications. We performed a literature search to identify the causes of cardiac disease in the LT population and to describe techniques for diagnosis and perioperative management. As no definite guidelines for preoperative assessment (except for pulmonary heart disease) are currently available, we recommend an algorithm for preoperative cardiac work‐up.