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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-11-30
pubmed:abstractText
Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is becoming a common cause of liver cirrhosis requiring liver transplantation (LT). Cardiovascular complications related to metabolic syndrome and NASH recurrence in the transplanted liver may affect the outcome of LT in these patients. We compared the outcomes of LT for NASH cirrhosis and alcoholic cirrhosis (ETOH) in a large transplant center. A retrospective chart review was performed for all patients who underwent LT for cryptogenic cirrhosis with the NASH phenotype (the NASH group) or ETOH (the ETOH group) at the University of Miami from January 1997 to January 2007. There was no significant difference in survival between the NASH and ETOH groups, despite a trend toward lower survival in the former (P = 0.1699). Sepsis was the leading cause of posttransplant death in both groups, and it was followed by cardiovascular causes in the NASH group (26% versus 7% in the ETOH group, P = 0.21) and malignancies in the ETOH group (29% versus 0% in the NASH group, P = 0.024). Recurrent steatohepatitis (33% versus 0%, P < 0.0001) and acute rejection (41% versus 23%, P < 0.023) were significantly more frequent in the NASH group than in the ETOH group. There was no difference in graft failure between the groups (24% in the NASH group versus 18% in the ETOH group, P = 0.3973). In conclusion, despite a numerical trend favoring the ETOH group, there were no statistically significant differences in posttransplant survival and cardiovascular mortality between the NASH and ETOH groups. Acute rejection and recurrent steatohepatitis were significantly more frequent in the NASH group but did not lead to higher rates of retransplantation.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
1527-6473
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
15
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1814-20
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19938128-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:19938128-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:19938128-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:19938128-Cardiovascular Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:19938128-Cause of Death, pubmed-meshheading:19938128-Fatty Liver, pubmed-meshheading:19938128-Female, pubmed-meshheading:19938128-Graft Rejection, pubmed-meshheading:19938128-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:19938128-Kaplan-Meier Estimate, pubmed-meshheading:19938128-Liver Cirrhosis, pubmed-meshheading:19938128-Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic, pubmed-meshheading:19938128-Liver Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:19938128-Liver Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:19938128-Male, pubmed-meshheading:19938128-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:19938128-Recurrence, pubmed-meshheading:19938128-Retrospective Studies, pubmed-meshheading:19938128-Risk Assessment, pubmed-meshheading:19938128-Risk Factors, pubmed-meshheading:19938128-Sepsis, pubmed-meshheading:19938128-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:19938128-Treatment Outcome, pubmed-meshheading:19938128-Young Adult
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Outcomes of liver transplantation in patients with cirrhosis due to nonalcoholic steatohepatitis versus patients with cirrhosis due to alcoholic liver disease.
pubmed:affiliation
Center for Liver Diseases, University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA. visbhagat@yahoo.com
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study