The 2016 ASE/EACVI recommendations may be able to more accurately identify patients at risk for diastolic dysfunction in living donor liver transplantation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The aim of this study was to compare the prevalence of diastolic dysfunction between the 2016 American Society of Echocardiography (ASE)/European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging and 2009 ASE/European Association of Echocardiography recommendations in patients undergoing living-donor liver transplantation (LDLT).

Patients and methods

A total of 312 adult patients who underwent LDLT at our hospital from January 2010 to December 2017 were retrospectively analyzed. Exclusion criteria were systolic dysfunction, arrhythmia, myocardial ischemia, and mitral or aortic valvular insufficiency.

Results

The study population was largely male (68.3%), and the median age was 54 (49-59) years. The median model for end-stage liver disease score was 12 (6-22) points. A

SUBMITTER: Park J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6478297 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature