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Real World Utility of Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography in Predicting Perioperative Cardiovascular Morbidity and Mortality after Orthotopic Liver Transplantation.

Akanksha AgrawalDeepanshu JainAndre DiasVinicius Lemes JorgeVincent M Figueredo
Published in: Korean circulation journal (2018)
In our cohort, DSE had a low sensitivity but high NPV in predicting perioperative MACE post OLT. A similar trend was noted for DSE in predicting 1-year MACE post OLT. We reiterate the need of a better screening and risk stratification tool for OLT.
Keyphrases
  • cardiac surgery
  • patients undergoing
  • computed tomography
  • left ventricular
  • pulmonary hypertension
  • heart failure
  • stress induced