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Observational studyScientific reports2021

An observational study on the effect of hypercholesterolemia developed after living donor liver transplantation on cardiac event and graft failure.

Jungchan Park, Seung-Hwa Lee, Sangbin Han, Ah Ran Oh, Suk-Koo Lee, Gyu-Seong Choi, Myung Soo Park, Keumhee Carriere, Joonghyun Ahn, Gaab Soo Kim

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Observational study in Scientific reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Jungchan ParkDepartment of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 81 Irwon-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, 06351, South Korea.
Seung-Hwa LeeDivision of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Heart Vascular Stroke Institute, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
Sangbin HanDepartment of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 81 Irwon-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, 06351, South Korea.
Ah Ran OhDepartment of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 81 Irwon-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, 06351, South Korea.
Suk-Koo LeeDepartment of Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
Gyu-Seong ChoiDepartment of Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
Myung Soo ParkDepartment of Medicine, Dongtan Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University School of Medicine, Hwaseong, Republic of Korea.
Keumhee CarriereDepartment of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Joonghyun AhnStatistics and Data Center, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
Gaab Soo KimDepartment of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 81 Irwon-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, 06351, South Korea. gskim@skku.edu.
Samsung Medical Center · KRSungkyunkwan University · KRHallym University Dongtan Sacred Heart Hospital · KR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study sought to evaluate the association between newly-developed significant hypercholesterolemia within one year following living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) and long term outcomes in light of cardiovascular events and graft failure. From October 2003 to July 2017, 877 LDLT recipients were stratified according to development of significant hypercholesterolemia within one year following LDLT. The primary outcome was occurrence of a major adverse cardiac event (MACE), defined as a composite of cardiac death, myocardial infarction, and coronary revascularization after LDLT. The incidence of graft failure, defined as all-cause death or retransplantation, was also compared. A total of 113 (12.9%) recipients developed significant hypercholesterolemia within one year. The differences in incidences of cardiac related events and graft related events began emerging significantly higher in the hypercholesterolemia group after 24 months and 60 months since the LDLT, respectively. After adjustment using the inverse probability of weighting, the hazard ratio (HR) for MACE was 2.77 (95% confidence interval (CI) 1.16-6.61; p = 0.02), while that for graft failure was 3.76 (95% CI 1.97-7.17, p < 0.001). A significant hypercholesterolemia after LDLT may be associated with cardiac and graft-related outcome; therefore, a further study and close monitoring of cholesterol level after LDLT is needed.

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AdultCardiovascular DiseasesFemaleGraft SurvivalHeartHumansHypercholesterolemiaLiver TransplantationLiving DonorsMaleMiddle AgedProportional Hazards ModelsTreatment Outcome

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PMID33441656
PMCPMC7806822
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