ReviewFrontiers in surgery2022
The importance of liver function assessment before cardiac surgery: A narrative review.
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- Simultaneous Robotic Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass and Orthotopic Liver Transplantation in a Child-Pugh C Patient: An Operative Playbook.Annals of thoracic surgery short reports · 2026Article
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- Development and validation of a predictive model for postoperative hepatic dysfunction in Stanford type A aortic dissection.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients with Cirrhosis Who Develop Infective Endocarditis.Infectious disease reports · 2025Article
- Society of cardiothoracic surgery in great Britain and Ireland guidance for adult mitral valve disease and interventions.BMJ surgery, interventions, & health technologies · 2025Article
- NO Addition during Gas Oxygenation Reduces Liver and Kidney Injury during Prolonged Cardiopulmonary Bypass.Pathophysiology : the official journal of the International Society for Pathophysiology · 2023Article
- The Effect of Liver Cirrhosis on Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery.Global heart · 2023Review
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Abstract
The demand for cardiac surgery procedures is increasing globally. Thanks to an improvement in survival driven by medical advances, patients with liver disease undergo cardiac surgery more often. Liver disease is associated with the development of heart failure, especially in patients with advanced cirrhosis. Cardiovascular risk factors can also contribute to the development of both cardiomyopathy and liver disease and heart failure itself can worsen liver function. Despite the risk that liver disease and cirrhosis represent for the perioperative management of patients who undergo cardiac surgery, liver function is often not included in common risk scores for preoperative evaluation. These patients have worse short and long-term survival when compared with other cardiac surgery populations. Preoperative evaluation of liver function, postoperative management and close postoperative follow-up are crucial for avoiding complications and improving results. In the present narrative review, we discuss the pathophysiological components related with postoperative complications and mortality in patients with liver disease who undergo cardiac surgery and provide recommendations for the perioperative management.
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