Hepatic Vein Flow Index During Orthotopic Liver Transplantation as a Predictive Factor for Postoperative Early Allograft Dysfunction

The authors devised a hepatic vein flow index (HVFi), using intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography and graft weight, and investigated its predictive value for postoperative graft function in orthotopic liver transplant.

Source: Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia - December 23, 2020 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Yoshihisa Morita, Taro Kariya, Shunji Nagai, Ahmad Itani, Michael Isley, Kenichi Tanaka Tags: Original Article Source Type: research