Emerging evidence on coronary heart disease screening in kidney and liver transplantation candidates: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association

XS Cheng, LB VanWagner, SP Costa, DA Axelrod… - Circulation, 2022 - Am Heart Assoc
Coronary heart disease is an important source of mortality and morbidity among kidney
transplantation and liver transplantation candidates and recipients and is driven by …

International liver transplantation consensus statement on end-stage liver disease due to nonalcoholic steatohepatitis and liver transplantation

E Tsochatzis, A Coilly, S Nadalin, J Levistky… - …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH)-related cirrhosis has become one of the most common
indications for liver transplantation (LT), particularly in candidates older than 65 years …

[HTML][HTML] Multidisciplinary approach to cardiac and pulmonary vascular disease risk assessment in liver transplantation: an evaluation of the evidence and consensus …

LB VanWagner, ME Harinstein, JR Runo… - American Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Liver transplant (LT) candidates today are older, have greater medical severity of illness,
and have more cardiovascular comorbidities than ever before. In addition, there are specific …

Cardiac risk assessment in liver transplant candidates: current controversies and future directions

PM Barman, LB VanWagner - Hepatology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In the changing landscape of liver transplantation (LT), we are now evaluating older and
sicker patients with more cardiovascular comorbidities, and the spectrum of cardiovascular …

Evaluation of recipients with significant comorbidity–Patients with cardiovascular disease

EA Tsochatzis, KD Watt, LB VanWagner, EC Verna… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Summary Liver transplant (ation)(LT) is the most effective treatment for patients with
decompensated liver disease. The increasing prevalence of obesity and type 2 diabetes and …

[PDF][PDF] Evaluation of coronary artery disease in potential liver transplant recipients

BJ Hogan, E Gonsalkorala… - Liver Transplantation, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Improvements in the management of patients undergoing liver transplantation (LT) have
resulted in a significant increase in survival in recent years. Cardiac disease is now the …

[HTML][HTML] Cardiac considerations in liver transplantation

V Sharma, C Kleb, C Sheth, BR Verma, V Jain… - Cleveland Clinic Journal …, 2022 - ccjm.org
Cardiovascular events have a major impact on overall outcomes after liver transplantation.
Today's transplant patients are older than those in the past and therefore are more likely to …

Current challenges and future perspectives in treating patients with NAFLD-related cirrhosis

M Mallet, CA Silaghi, P Sultanik, F Conti, M Rudler… - Hepatology, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Despite the slowly progressive nature of NAFLD, the number of patients with NAFLD-related
cirrhosis significantly increased. Although the management of patients with cirrhosis …

Screening of cardiovascular disease in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: whom and how?

NS Choudhary, A Duseja - Journal of Clinical and Experimental …, 2019 - Elsevier
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common liver disease worldwide.
Patients with NAFLD are at a higher risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD). In fact …

CAD-LT score effectively predicts risk of significant coronary artery disease in liver transplant candidates

RJ Rachwan, I Kutkut, LR Timsina, RGB Chaaya… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background & Aims Patients with cirrhosis and significant coronary artery disease (CAD) are
at risk of peri-liver transplantation (LT) cardiac events. The coronary artery disease in liver …