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Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Restoring Candidacy For Liver Transplant In Cirrhotic Patients, Mirna Kaafarani, Omar Shamma, Syed-Mohammed Jafri
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Restoring Candidacy For Liver Transplant In Cirrhotic Patients, Mirna Kaafarani, Omar Shamma, Syed-Mohammed Jafri
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Purpose: Current guidelines for preoperative workup for an orthotopic liver transplant (OLT) recommend an echocardiogram that often rule-out patients with superimposed severe aortic stenosis as transplant candidates. The purpose of this study was to shed light on the potential of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) as a bridging therapy for liver transplants in cirrhotic patients with severe AS.
Methods: A retrospective chart review was performed on 500 patient records that underwent liver transplantation at a single large tertiary care center between 2017 and mid-2021. Two cases of alcohol cirrhosis were further investigated due to the simultaneous diagnosis of severe AS. …