Severe Cardiovascular Complications Following Liver Transplantation in Patients With Iron Overload

We report 4 cases of our institutional experience with liver transplantation that illustrate the high risk of heart failure and cardiogenic shock in the setting of cardiac iron overload. We then discuss a pragmatic approach to assess the cardiovascular risk in liver transplantation candidates with c...

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Autores principales: Rhee, June-Wha, Zhang, Sophia, Gallo, Amy, Ahmed, Aijaz, Kawana, Masataka
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
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Mini-Focus Issue: Procedural Complications
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9168775/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35677787
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2021.12.012
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Sumario:We report 4 cases of our institutional experience with liver transplantation that illustrate the high risk of heart failure and cardiogenic shock in the setting of cardiac iron overload. We then discuss a pragmatic approach to assess the cardiovascular risk in liver transplantation candidates with cardiac iron overload. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.)

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