Acute heart failure after Orthotopic liver transplantation: a case series from one center

Acute heart failure after Orthotopic liver transplantation: a case series from one center

Abstract Background Patients undergoing liver transplantation (LT) can develop acute heart failure (HF) in the postoperative period despite having had a normal cardiac evaluation prior to surgery. End-stage liver disease is often associated with underlying cardiac dysfunction which, while not identi...

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Main Authors: Sonal Sharma, Kunal Karamchandani, Ryan Wilson, Sean Baskin, Dmitri Bezinover
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-07-01
Series:BMC Anesthesiology
Subjects:
Cirrhotic cardiomyopathy
Heart failure
Liver transplantation
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12871-018-0560-2

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