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Liver Transplant Complications Radiologist Can't Miss

Liver transplantation is considered the ideal and definitive therapy for patients with end-stage liver disease. Since 1963 advances in liver transplant surgical techniques and immunosuppressive therapies have improved outcomes and patients' survival. However, early diagnosis of graft dysfunctio...

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Autores principales: Kimura, Yukiyoshi, Tapia Sosa, Ramiro, Soto-Trujillo, Dafne, Kimura Sandoval, Yumi, Casian, Carlos
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7336585/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32642371
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.8465
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author Kimura, Yukiyoshi
Tapia Sosa, Ramiro
Soto-Trujillo, Dafne
Kimura Sandoval, Yumi
Casian, Carlos
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description Liver transplantation is considered the ideal and definitive therapy for patients with end-stage liver disease. Since 1963 advances in liver transplant surgical techniques and immunosuppressive therapies have improved outcomes and patients' survival. However, early diagnosis of graft dysfunction, through different imaging modalities, is crucial for graft survival. Imaging plays a fundamental role before, during and after the transplantation process. In this review, we will discuss the importance of imaging in the diagnosis of vascular and biliary post-transplant complications through different imaging modalities such as Doppler ultrasonography, computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
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spelling pubmed-73365852020-07-07 Liver Transplant Complications Radiologist Can't Miss Kimura, Yukiyoshi Tapia Sosa, Ramiro Soto-Trujillo, Dafne Kimura Sandoval, Yumi Casian, Carlos Cureus Radiology Liver transplantation is considered the ideal and definitive therapy for patients with end-stage liver disease. Since 1963 advances in liver transplant surgical techniques and immunosuppressive therapies have improved outcomes and patients' survival. However, early diagnosis of graft dysfunction, through different imaging modalities, is crucial for graft survival. Imaging plays a fundamental role before, during and after the transplantation process. In this review, we will discuss the importance of imaging in the diagnosis of vascular and biliary post-transplant complications through different imaging modalities such as Doppler ultrasonography, computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Cureus 2020-06-05 /pmc/articles/PMC7336585/ /pubmed/32642371 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.8465 Text en Copyright © 2020, Kimura et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Kimura, Yukiyoshi
Tapia Sosa, Ramiro
Soto-Trujillo, Dafne
Kimura Sandoval, Yumi
Casian, Carlos
Liver Transplant Complications Radiologist Can't Miss
title Liver Transplant Complications Radiologist Can't Miss
title_full Liver Transplant Complications Radiologist Can't Miss
title_fullStr Liver Transplant Complications Radiologist Can't Miss
title_full_unstemmed Liver Transplant Complications Radiologist Can't Miss
title_short Liver Transplant Complications Radiologist Can't Miss
title_sort liver transplant complications radiologist can't miss
topic Radiology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7336585/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.8465
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