Role of pretransplant echocardiographic evaluation in predicting outcomes following liver transplantation

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2395-2401

  Kia, L ^a   Shah, S J ^a   Wang, E ^a   Sharma, D ^a   Selvaraj, S ^a   Medina, C ^a   Cahan, J ^a   Mahon, H ^a   Levitsky, J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

End stage liver disease; portopulmonary hypertension; right ventricle; survival; tricuspid regurgitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

END-STAGE LIVER DISEASE; PORTOPULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RIGHT VENTRICLE; SURVIVAL; TRICUSPID REGURGITATION;

ADULT; AGED; COMORBIDITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRICUSPID VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 84883445139     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajt.12385     Document Type: Article

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