Outcomes of Combined Heart-Liver Transplant: A Systematic Review

In patients with liver failure who have coexisting heart failure, combined heart-liver transplantation (CHLT) can be performed. Outcomes in terms of survival and freedom from rejection remain largely unknown due to lack of sufficient data. The goal of this study was to pool the existing literature for evaluating outcomes after CHLT.

Source: The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation - March 16, 2019 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: S.A. Rizvi, J. Challapalli, E.J. Maynes, M.P. Weber, J. Choi, S. Patel, J.W. Entwistle, R.J. Morris, L.E. Samuels, H.T. Massey, V. Tchantchaleishvili Tags: 984 Source Type: research