Predictors of Systolic Heart Failure and Mortality Following Orthotopic Liver Transplantation: A Single-center Cohort

Heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) following orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) is a poorly understood phenomenon, reported in 3 to 7% of transplanted patients. The purpose of this study was to identify risk factors that may predict HFrEF following OLT.

Source: The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation - March 31, 2018 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: T. Doctorian, H. Kim, D. Narasimha, T. Khachatryan, A. Desai, D. Estevez, K. Jutzy, A. Hilliard, I. Abudayyeh, L. Stoletniy, P. Baron, A. Sakr Source Type: research