Coronary atherosclerosis profile in patients with end-stage liver disease prior to liver transplantation due to alcoholic fatty liver: a coronary CTA study.
Fabian SteinkohlFabian BarbieriThomas SenonerSylvia StroblArmin FinkenstedtFabian PlankChristian LangerChristoph BeyerKatharina BirklGerlig WidmannHeinz ZollerWolfgang DichtlGuy FriedrichHerbert TilgGudrun FeuchtnerPublished in: European radiology (2020)
• Patients with ESLD prior to LT have a high total prevalence of CAD and stenosis severity, which is similar to those of healthy controls with an identical cardiovascular risk profile. • Patients with ESLD prior to LT due to alcohol abuse have more calcific but less fibro-fatty plaque and less high-risk plaque. • CTA seems to be a useful imaging technique for risk stratification prior to LT.