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Multivessel coronary artery disease predicts mortality, length of stay, and pressor requirements after liver transplantation

  1. Celina M. Yong1,
  2. Madan Sharma1,
  3. Victor Ochoa1,
  4. Freddy Abnousi1,
  5. John Roberts2,
  6. Nathan M. Bass2,
  7. Claus U. Niemann3,
  8. Stephen Shiboski4,
  9. Megha Prasad1,
  10. Mehdi Tavakol2,
  11. Thomas A. Ports1,
  12. Gabriel Gregoratos1,
  13. Yerem Yeghiazarians1,
  14. Andrew J. Boyle1,*

Article first published online: 4 AUG 2010

DOI: 10.1002/lt.22152

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Liver Transplantation

Liver Transplantation

Volume 16, Issue 11, pages 1242–1248, November 2010

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Yong, C. M., Sharma, M., Ochoa, V., Abnousi, F., Roberts, J., Bass, N. M., Niemann, C. U., Shiboski, S., Prasad, M., Tavakol, M., Ports, T. A., Gregoratos, G., Yeghiazarians, Y. and Boyle, A. J. (2010), Multivessel coronary artery disease predicts mortality, length of stay, and pressor requirements after liver transplantation. Liver Transpl, 16: 1242–1248. doi: 10.1002/lt.22152

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  1. 1

    Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

  2. 2

    Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

  3. 3

    Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

  4. 4

    Department of Epidemiology and Statistics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

*Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, 505 Parnassus Avenue, Box 0124, San Francisco, CA 94143

  1. Telephone: 415-514-0827; FAX: 415-353-9190

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 28 OCT 2010
  2. Article first published online: 4 AUG 2010
  3. Accepted manuscript online: 4 AUG 2010 12:00AM EST
  4. Manuscript Accepted: 11 JUN 2010
  5. Manuscript Received: 1 FEB 2010

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