Journal
JOURNAL OF HEPATOLOGY
Volume 54, Issue 4, Pages 810-822Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2010.11.003
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Liver transplantation; Heart function; Liver cirrhosis; Coronary artery disease; Cirrhotic cardiomyopathy; Portopulmonary hypertension
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- Fondo de Investigaciones Sanitarias
- Fundacion de Investigacion Medica Mutua Madrilena [PI 0264/2005]
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The heart and liver are organs that are closely related in both health and disease. Patients who undergo liver transplantation may suffer from heart disease that is: (a) related to the original cause of the liver disease such as hemochromatosis, (b) related to the liver disease itself, or (c) related to other associated conditions. Furthermore, liver transplantation is one of the most cardiovascular stressful events that a patient with cirrhosis may undergo. After liver transplantation, the progression of pre-existing or the development of new-onset cardiac disease may occur. This article reviews the relationship between the heart and liver transplantation in the pre-transplant, intra-operative, and post-transplant periods. (C) 2010 European Association for the Study of the Liver. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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