Utility of preoperative troponin I to predict mortality in adult liver transplant recipients: Revisiting pretransplant cardiac risk in the current MELD-allocation era.

Background: Preoperative risk assessment in liver transplant (LT) candidates, particularly related to cardiac risk, is an area of intense interest for transplant clinicians. Various cardiac testing methods are employed by transplant centers to characterize cardiac risk. Serum troponin is an established method for the detection of myocardial injury in a wide variety of clinical settings.