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SUBMITTER: Batra S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4342997 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Batra Sachin S Machicao Victor I VI Bynon John S JS Mehta Shivang S Tanikella Rajasekhar R Krowka Michael J MJ Zacks Steven S Trotter James J Roberts Kari E KE Brown Robert S RS Kawut Steven M SM Fallon Michael B MB
Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 20140601 6
Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) occurs in 12% to 30% of patients with cirrhosis; however, its prognostic significance is not well studied. We assessed the association of LVH with survival in patients undergoing a liver transplantation (LT) evaluation. We performed a multicenter cohort study of patients undergoing an evaluation for LT. LVH was defined with transthoracic echocardiography. The outcome of interest was all-cause mortality. LVH was present in 138 of 485 patients (28%). Patients wit ...[more]