13 December 2022 : Original article
Hepatic Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury After Liver Transplantation Is Not Associated with Early Impairment of Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction
Zachary P. Rokop1ABCDEF*, Kyle Frick2ABDE, Joseph Zenisek2ABDE, Elizabeth Kroepfl3ABDE, Plamen Mihaylov4ABDE, Kavish R. Patidar 5ABDE, Lauren Nephew5ABDE, Richard S. Mangus 4ACDE, Chandrashekhar Kubal4ABCDEGDOI: 10.12659/AOT.938105
Ann Transplant 2022; 27:e938105
Figure 1 (A) Plot of individual patient ejection fractions before liver transplant (Pre-LT) and after (Post-LT). There was minimal difference in LVEF between the 2 time points on paired analysis (mean ΔEF: −0.746, P=0.16). (B) Post-liver transplant left ventricular ejection fraction stratified by severity of hIRI. There was no significant difference between post-LT LVEF between these groups (P=0.39). (C) There was no difference in POD 1 ALT (P=0.58) or AST (P=0.67) between patients with Post-LT LVEF <35% and those who maintained LVEF >35% post-LT.