Usefulness for Predicting Cardiac Events After Orthotopic Liver Transplantation of Myocardial Perfusion Imaging and Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography Preoperatively

• Published in: The American journal of cardiology Vol. 119; no. 7; pp. 1008 - 1011
• Main Authors: Snipelisky, David, MD, Ray, Jordan, MD, Vallabhajosyula, Saraschandra, MBBS, Matcha, Gautam, MD, Squier, Samuel, MD, Lewis, Jacob, MD, Holliday, Rex, MD, Aggarwal, Niti, MD, Askew, J. Wells, MD, Shapiro, Brian, MD, Anavekar, Nandan, MBBCh
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.04.2017; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Acute coronary syndromes; Cardiovascular; Cardiovascular disease; Cardiovascular Diseases - diagnosis; Cardiovascular Diseases - epidemiology; Coronary vessels; Dobutamine; Echocardiography, Stress; Female; Florida - epidemiology; Heart rate; Hepatitis; Humans; Liver diseases; Liver Transplantation; Male; Middle Aged; Minnesota - epidemiology; Mortality; Myocardial Perfusion Imaging; Patients; Postoperative Complications - diagnosis; Postoperative Complications - epidemiology; Predictive Value of Tests; Preoperative Care; Retrospective Studies; Risk Factors; Transplants & implants; end-stage liver disease; dobutamine stress echocardiography; pre liver transplant evaluation; nuclear perfusion imaging

Abstract Patients undergoing orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) have high rates of cardiac morbidity and mortality. Although guidelines recommend non-invasive stress testing as part of the preoperative evaluation, little data have evaluated clinical outcomes following OLT. A retrospective study...