Effect of the clinical course of acute-on-chronic liver failure prior to liver transplantation on post-transplant survival

V Sundaram, S Kogachi, RJ Wong, CJ Karvellas… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background & Aims Patients with acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) can be listed for liver
transplantation (LT) because LT is the only curative treatment option. We evaluated whether …

Longterm outcomes of patients undergoing liver transplantation for acute‐on‐chronic liver failure

V Sundaram, N Mahmud, G Perricone… - Liver …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Recent data have demonstrated> 80% 1‐year survival probability after liver transplantation
(LT) for patients with severe acute‐on‐chronic liver failure (ACLF). However, longterm …

Factors associated with survival of patients with severe acute-on-chronic liver failure before and after liver transplantation

V Sundaram, R Jalan, T Wu, ML Volk, SK Asrani… - Gastroenterology, 2019 - Elsevier
Background & Aims Liver transplantation for patients with acute-on-chronic liver failure
(ACLF) with 3 or more failing organs (ACLF-3) is controversial. We compared liver waitlist …

Liver transplantation for patients with acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) in Europe: results of the ELITA/EF-CLIF collaborative study (ECLIS)

LS Belli, C Duvoux, T Artzner, W Bernal, S Conti… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background & Aims Liver transplantation (LT) has been proposed as an effective salvage
therapy even for the sickest patients with acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF). This large …

Impact of acute‐on‐chronic liver failure on 90‐day mortality following a first liver transplantation

E Levesque, A Winter, Z Noorah, JP Daurès… - Liver …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Background Acute‐on‐chronic liver failure (ACLF) is associated with a significant short‐term
mortality rate (23%‐74%), depending on the number of organ failures. Some patients …

[PDF][PDF] Acute‐on‐chronic liver failure: excellent outcomes after liver transplantation but high mortality on the wait list

A Finkenstedt, K Nachbaur, H Zoller… - Liver …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Acute‐on‐chronic liver failure (ACLF) is characterized by high short‐term mortality. Liver
transplantation (LT) is a potential therapy for patients who do not improve with supportive …

Systematic review with meta‐analysis: liver transplant provides survival benefit in patients with acute on chronic liver failure

MA Abdallah, M Waleed, MG Bell… - Alimentary …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background Data on liver transplantation (LT) in acute on chronic liver failure (ACLF) are
scanty. Aim To perform meta‐analysis on outcomes after LT for ACLF compared with ACLF …

[PDF][PDF] Outcomes after listing for liver transplant in patients with Acute‐on‐Chronic liver failure: the multicenter North American Consortium for the study of End‐Stage …

JG O'Leary, JS Bajaj, P Tandon, SW Biggins… - Liver …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Acute‐on‐chronic liver failure (ACLF) characterized with≥ 2 extrahepatic organ failures in
cirrhosis carries a high mortality. Outcomes of patients listed for liver transplantation (LT) …

Outcomes of patients with acute liver failure listed for liver transplantation: A multicenter prospective cohort analysis

CJ Karvellas, TM Leventhal, JL Rakela… - Liver …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Liver transplantation (LT) is a life‐saving treatment for patients with acute liver failure (ALF).
Currently, there are few detailed data regarding long‐term outcomes after LT for ALF. We …

Liver transplantation in acute-on-chronic liver failure

CJ Karvellas, C Francoz, E Weiss - Transplantation, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Liver transplantation (LT) has revolutionized outcomes for cirrhotic patients. Current liver
allocation policies dictate patients with highest short-term mortality receive the highest …