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  • Inventi:htp/29902/19
    The Diagnostic and Prognostic Utility of Risk Factors Defined by the AHA/ACCF on the Evaluation of Cardiac Disease in Liver Transplantation Candidates
    Research 2019 : October - December
    Sarah Alexander, Meron Teshome, Hena Patel, Edie Y Chan, Rami Doukky

    Background: The diagnostic and prognostic utility of risk factors proposed by the 2012 American Heart Association\nand American College of Cardiology Foundation (AHA/ACCF) Scientific Statement on the cardiac assessment of\nasymptomatic liver transplantation candidates have not been validated. We investigated whether the sum of risk\nfactors proposed by the AHA/ACCF can identify liver transplant candidates at increased cardiac risk.\nMethods: In a retrospective cohort of consecutive liver transplantation recipients, we calculated, for each subject,\nthe pre-transplantation sum of AHA/ACCF risk factors (age > 60 years, prior cardiovascular disease, hypertension,\ndyslipidemia, diabetes mellitus, smoking, and left ventricular hypertrophy)......................

    How to Cite this Article
    Attribution/ CC Compliant Citation: Alexander, Sarah, et al.\n\"The diagnostic and prognostic utility of risk factors defined\nby the AHA/ACCF on the evaluation of cardiac disease in\nliver transplantation candidates.\" BMC cardiovascular\ndisorders 19.1 (2019): 102.\nhttps://doi.org/10.1186/s12872-019-1088-1\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/\n\nSome formatting elements, header, footer, logos, dates and\npagination were modified while adapting this article.
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