Rise in Proportional Early Cardiovascular Mortality Following Liver Transplantation: Temporal Trends from the Australian & New Zealand Liver Transplant Registry

Background: Liver transplantation (LT) surgery poses a significant cardiovascular (CV) risk. Given the rising prevalence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and advancing age of LT candidates, delineating CV risk is increasingly important. We sought to characterize the incidence and modes of intraoperative and early ( ≤30days) CV death post-LT.

Source: Heart, Lung and Circulation - June 23, 2019 Category: Cardiology Authors: A. Koshy, P. Gow, J. Sajeev, B. Cailes, J. Ko, J. Ramchand, H. Lim, A. Teh, H. Han, R. Jones, A. Testro, M. Byrne, D. Clark, M. Yudi, O. Farouque Tags: 425 Source Type: research