Meta-analysis of postoperative myocardial injury as a predictor of mortality after living donor liver transplantation.

In recipients with normal preoperative cTnI, myocardial injury LDLT may be associated with adverse clinical outcomes during a hospital stay, but the results were inconsistent at 1-year follow-up. Although routine follow-up of postoperative hs-cTnI, even in patients with normal preoperative levels, might still help predict the clinical outcome of LDLT. In future large and more representative studies are needed to establish the potential role of cTns in perioperative cardiac risk stratification.