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Sustained Post-Transplant Diabetes is Associated with Long-Term Major Cardiovascular Events Following Liver Transplantation.

Roccaro GA, Goldberg DS, Hwang WT, Judy R, Thomasson A, Kimmel SE, Forde KA, Lewis JD, Yang YX

Published

June 22nd, 2017

Appears In

American Journal of Transplantation

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Abstract

Cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of death among liver transplant (LT) recipients. With a rising burden of posttransplantation metabolic disease, increases in cardiovascular-related morbidity and mortality may reduce life expectancy after LT. It is unknown if the risk of long-term major cardiovascular events (MCEs) differs among LT recipients with varying diabetic states. We performed a retrospective cohort study of LT recipients from 2003 through 2013 to compare the incidence of MCEs among patients (1) without diabetes, (2) with pretransplantation diabetes, (3) with de novo transient posttransplantation diabetes, and (4) with de novo sustained posttransplantation diabetes.

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