Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia
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J. Cardiothorac. Vasc. Anesth. · Dec 2003
Association of intraoperative hypotension and pulmonary hypertension with adverse outcomes after orthotopic liver transplantation.
Various preoperative, surgical, and postoperative markers of impaired outcome after orthotopic liver transplantation have been reported, but the influence of intraoperative hemodynamic aberrations has not been thoroughly investigated. ⋯ Hemodynamic events are independently associated with adverse outcomes after orthotopic liver transplantation.