Risk Factors and Cardiovascular Events in Orthotopic Liver Transplantation.

Background And Aims: Patients undergoing liver transplantation often have significant cardiovascular risk factors and may experience cardiac-related morbidity and mortality. The aim of this study was to assess the frequency of cardiovascular risk factors and outcomes in this population, and to identify factors predictive of post-transplant cardiac morbidity and mortality.

Methods: We studied 261 patients who underwent liver transplantation at a single Veterans' Affairs Medical center between 1997 and 2015 to evaluate new cardiovascular events post-transplantation.