Aspartate transaminase to platelet ratio index and Model for End-Stage Liver Disease scores are associated with morbidity and mortality after endovascular aneurysm repair among patients with liver dysfunction

Liver cirrhosis dramatically increases morbidity and mortality after open surgical procedures and is often a contraindication to open repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms. However, limited data have evaluated the effect of liver disease on outcomes after endovascular repair of aortic aneurysms.

Source: Journal of Vascular Surgery - January 17, 2020 Category: Surgery Authors: Sara L. Zettervall, Kirsten Dansey, Nicholas J. Swerdlow, Peter Soden, Amy Evenson, Marc L. Schermerhorn Source Type: research