Calcification of the visceral aorta and celiac trunk is associated with renal and allograft outcomes after deceased donor liver transplantation.
Robert SiepmannPhilipp BrunersSven Arke LangJan BednarschIakovos AmygdalosKatharina JoechleFederico PedersoliSebastian KeilPeter IsfortTom Florian UlmerChristiane KuhlUlf Peter NeumannFranziska Alexandra MeisterZoltan CziganyPublished in: Abdominal radiology (New York) (2022)
This is the first clinical report to show the prognostic role of VAC/CAC in the setting of deceased donor OLT with a particular value in the perioperative phase. Further studies are warranted to validate these findings. CT computed tomography, OLT orthotopic liver transplantation.
Keyphrases
- computed tomography
- kidney transplantation
- dual energy
- positron emission tomography
- image quality
- contrast enhanced
- magnetic resonance imaging
- patients undergoing
- cardiac surgery
- insulin resistance
- chronic kidney disease
- aortic valve
- pulmonary artery
- case control
- acute kidney injury
- type diabetes
- metabolic syndrome
- pulmonary arterial hypertension
- aortic dissection