Colette Shaw,, Susan Shamimi‐Noori – 9 December 2014 – Watch a video presentation of this article

Peter Bannas, Utaroh Motosugi, Shintaro Ichikawa, Diego Hernando, Scott B. Reeder – 9 December 2014 – Watch a video presentation of this article

Kyung‐Suk Suh, Suk‐Won Suh, Jeong‐Moo Lee, YoungRok Choi, Nam‐Joon Yi, Kwang‐Woong Lee – 8 December 2014 – Donor safety remains an important concern in living donor liver transplantation (LDLT). In the present study, we assessed recent advancements in the donor operation for LDLT through our experience with this procedure. A total of 886 donor hepatectomies performed between January 1999 and December 2012 were analyzed.

Jean C. Emond, Robert A. Fisher, Gregory Everson, Benjamin Samstein, James J. Pomposelli, Binsheng Zhao, Sarah Forney, Kim M. Olthoff, Talia B. Baker, Brenda W. Gillespie, Robert M. Merion – 8 December 2014 – Previous reports have drawn attention to persistently decreased platelet counts among liver donors. We hypothesized an etiologic association between altered platelet counts and postdonation splenomegaly and sought to explore this relationship.

Johannes Bargehr, Jorge F. Trejo‐Gutierrez, Tushar Patel, Barry Rosser, Jaime Aranda‐Michel, Maria L. Yataco, C. Burcin Taner – 8 December 2014 – Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia, and it is associated with increased cardiovascular morbidity and all‐cause mortality. Our aim was to determine the impact of preexisting AF on patients undergoing liver transplantation (LT). A retrospective case‐control study was performed. Records from patients who underwent LT between January 2005 and December 2008 at Mayo Clinic Florida were reviewed.

Andreia Carvalho, Ana Rocha, Luísa Lobato – 6 December 2014 – Hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTR) is a rare worldwide autosomal dominant disease caused by the systemic deposition of an amyloidogenic variant of transthyretin (TTR), which is usually derived from a single amino acid substitution in the TTR gene. More than 100 mutations have been described, with V30M being the most prevalent. Each variant has a different involvement, although peripheral neuropathy and cardiomyopathy are the most common.

Margaret Tejani, Soo Youn Yi, Kyle W. Eudailey, Isaac George, James V. Guarrera, Gebhard Wagener – 6 December 2014

Yeon Seok Seo, Chang Ho Jung, Tae Hyung Kim, Sun Young Yim, Soon Ho Um – 6 December 2014

Shirish Barve, Irina A. Kirpich, Craig. J. McClain – 6 December 2014

Giovanni Musso, Maurizio Cassader, Roberto Gambino – 6 December 2014