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Hepatic Hemodynamics and Portal Flow Modulation: The A2ALL Experience

Jean C Emond1, Nathan P Goodrich, James J Pomposelli

  • 11 Department of Surgery, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY. 2 Arbor Research Collaborative for Health, Ann Arbor, MI. 3 Department of Transplantation, Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Burlington, MA. 4 Department of Surgery, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL. 5 Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA. 6 Department of Surgery, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. 7 Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. 8 Department of Surgery, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA. 9 Department of Transplant Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA. 10 Department of Transplant Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Department of Surgery, Harvard University, Boston, MA. 11 Department of Surgery, University of Colorado, Denver, CO. 12 Liver Diseases Research Branch, Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda MD. 13 Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. 14 Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.

Transplantation
|May 18, 2017
PubMed
Summary

Portal flow modulation in adult liver transplants may increase graft dysfunction but does not impact long-term survival. Further research is needed to define optimal protocols for liver transplantation.

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