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Short-Term Cardiac and Noncardiac Mortality Following Liver Transplantation
Joint Authors
Appleton, Christopher P.
Hurst, R. Todd
Rakela, Jorge
Mulligan, David C.
Eleid, Mackram F.
Vargas, Hugo E.
Source
Issue
Vol. 2010, Issue 2010 (31 Dec. 2010), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2010-08-12
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Objectives.
To determine the importance of acute cardiac events as a cause of mortality compared to non-cardiac events in the four month period following liver transplantation (LT) using current preoperative cardiac screening strategies.
Patients and Methods.
We retrospectively reviewed timing, type, and outcome of adverse cardiac events, and all cause mortality in the 4 month postoperative period in 393 consecutive LT patients from October 1999 to February 2008.
Results.
Of 30 total deaths (7.6% overall mortality rate), 27 (90%) were due to surgical or medical complications and 3 (10%) were primary cardiac deaths (0.8% cardiac mortality rate).
Acute cardiac events occurred in 26 patients (6.6%), including 13 arrhythmias (50%), 7 new onset heart failures (27%), and 6 myocardial infarctions (23%).
Twelve of 13 intraoperative events were arrhythmias (92%) including two of three cardiac deaths.
Conclusions.
Using current preoperative screening recommendations, deaths from primary cardiac events within four months of LT are very uncommon (0.8%), especially compared with deaths related to medical and surgical complications (6.9%).
American Psychological Association (APA)
Eleid, Mackram F.& Hurst, R. Todd& Vargas, Hugo E.& Rakela, Jorge& Mulligan, David C.& Appleton, Christopher P.. 2010. Short-Term Cardiac and Noncardiac Mortality Following Liver Transplantation. Journal of Transplantation،Vol. 2010, no. 2010, pp.1-7.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Eleid, Mackram F.…[et al.]. Short-Term Cardiac and Noncardiac Mortality Following Liver Transplantation. Journal of Transplantation No. 2010 (2010), pp.1-7.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Eleid, Mackram F.& Hurst, R. Todd& Vargas, Hugo E.& Rakela, Jorge& Mulligan, David C.& Appleton, Christopher P.. Short-Term Cardiac and Noncardiac Mortality Following Liver Transplantation. Journal of Transplantation. 2010. Vol. 2010, no. 2010, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-507360
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-507360