Role of coronary artery calcium score in identifying occult coronary artery disease in patients evaluated for deceased-donor liver transplant - a preliminary report
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Eren, Taydas; Mohammad U, Malik; Abhinav, Dhingra; Stuart, Russell; Matthews, Chacko; Andrew M, Cameron; Saleh, Alqahtani; Ahmet, Gurakar
- Source
- Experimental and clinical transplantation : official journal of the Middle East Society for Organ Transplantation. 13
- Subject
- Male
Cardiac Catheterization
Liver Diseases
Patient Selection
Coronary Stenosis
Middle Aged
Coronary Angiography
Risk Assessment
Severity of Illness Index
Tissue Donors
Transplant Recipients
Donor Selection
Liver Transplantation
Treatment Outcome
Predictive Value of Tests
Risk Factors
Humans
Female
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Vascular Calcification
Retrospective Studies
- Language
- ISSN
- 2146-8427
Coronary artery disease may affect cirrhotic patients regardless of age and etiology of the underlying liver disease. Early identification of coronary artery disease is important to be able to achieve the best posttransplant outcomes and survival. The coronary artery calcium score can be used as a screening tool to supplement the results of cardiac stress tests to identify a subgroup of patients who may benefit from further investigation with coronary arteriogram. Arteriogram is an invasive test and may cause renal compromise and risk of bleeding associated with coagulopathy. The present retrospective study showed that coronary artery calcium score250 Agatston units may help select the subgroup of patients who will benefit from further investigation with cardiac catheterization, and determining this score may limit the risks of catheterization.