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Porcine Liver Transplantation Without Veno-Venous Bypass As an Extended Criteria Donor Model
Published on: August 17, 2022
Are high-sensitivity troponins always reliable? Donor-recipient troponin transfusion in liver transplantation
A L Vilchez-Monge1, I Garutti1, C J Lisbona1
1Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, General University Hospital Gregorio Marañon, Madrid, Spain.
Abstract:
Blood troponins are used to diagnose perioperative myocardial injury and infarction. During liver transplantation, a passive donor-recipient troponin transfer with the graft may result in an increase of troponins in the transplant recipient questioning the diagnosis of myocardial injury. We present a case of liver transplantation with sudden elevation of recipient's serum troponin levels immediately after graft reperfusion and its subsequent normalization in which myocardial damage and other non-ischaemic potential causes were ruled out. Patient consent for publication was obtained prior to submission of the manuscript.
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