Impact of peri-transplant heart failure & left-ventricular diastolic dysfunction on outcomes following liver transplantation

Liver International

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1262-1269

  Josefsson, Axel ^a   Fu, Michael ^a   Allayhari, Pari ^b   Björnsson, Einar ^c   Castedal, Maria ^b   Olausson, Michael ^b   Kalaitzakis, Evangelos ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Cirrhotic cardiomyopathy; Heart failure; Left ventricular diastolic dysfunction; Liver transplantation; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHOLESTASIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LEFT VENTRICULAR DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PERIOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; QT PROLONGATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART FAILURE, DIASTOLIC; HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865182195     PISSN: 14783223     EISSN: 14783231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-3231.2012.02818.x     Document Type: Article

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