In:
Seminars in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, SAGE Publications, Vol. 20, No. 2 ( 2016-06), p. 158-162
Abstract:
The American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases practice guidelines list severe cardiac disease as a contraindication to liver transplantation. Transcatheter aortic valve replacement has been shown to decrease all-cause mortality in patients with severe aortic stenosis who are not considered candidates for surgical aortic valve replacement. We report our experience of liver transplantation in a patient with severe aortic stenosis and moderate aortic insufficiency who underwent transcatheter aortic valve replacement with Child-Pugh Class C disease at a Model For End-Stage Liver Disease score of 29. The patient had a difficult post procedure course that was successfully medically managed. After liver transplantation the patient was discharged to home on postoperative day 11. The combination of cardiac disease and end stage liver disease is challenging but these patients can have a successful outcome despite very severe illness.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1089-2532
,
1940-5596
DOI:
10.1177/1089253215619235
Language:
English
Publisher:
SAGE Publications
Publication Date:
2016
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2233047-1
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