LEFT VENTRICULAR DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION IS AN INDEPENDENT PREDICTOR OF LONG-TERM MORTALITY IN PATIENTS WHO UNDERWENT LIVER TRANSPLANT FOR END STAGE LIVER DISEASE

Autor: Christine Gerula, Ifad Ur Rahman, Rudzinski Wojciech, Baburao Koneru, Nikolaos Pyrsopoulos, Adam Raskin, Nandan Thirunahari, Marc Klapholz
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 63(12)
ISSN: 0735-1097
DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(14)60908-6
Popis: Patients with end-stage liver disease (ESLD) may develop left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in the absence of coronary artery disease or hypertension. Prognostic value of the presence of diastolic dysfunction on post orthotopic liver transplant (OLT) survival is unknown. We report on the
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