Victor W. Xia, Jonathan K. Ho, Hamid Nourmand, Christopher Wray, Ronald W. Busuttil, Randolph H. Steadman – 31 August 2010 – Even though numerous cases of massive thromboemboli have been reported in the literature, intracardiac thromboemboli (ICTs) incidentally found during orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) have not been examined. In this study, we retrospectively examined the incidence, risk factors, and management of incidental ICTs during OLT.

Camille Nelson Kotton, Rocío M Hurtado – 31 August 2010

Raymond T. Chung, Fred F. Poordad, Tarek Hassanein, Xiaolei Zhou, Ellen Lentz, Avinash Prabhakar, Adrian M. Di Bisceglie – 31 August 2010 – Patients receiving therapy for chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection frequently experience cytopenias and weight loss. We retrospectively assessed the pharmacodynamic effects of pegylated interferon (PEG‐IFN) alfa‐2a and ribavirin by evaluating the relationship between changes in hematologic parameters, body weight, and virologic response.

Seong Hoon Kim, Kwang‐Woong Lee, Young‐Kyu Kim, Seong Yeon Cho, Sung‐Sik Han, Sang‐Jae Park – 30 August 2010 – Duct‐to‐duct reconstruction (DDR) of the bile duct has recently become the preferred choice in living donor liver transplantation (LDLT), but biliary complications still remain the most common cause of morbidity.

Jefrey Salek, Janice Byrne, Terry Box, Nicola Longo, Norman Sussman – 30 August 2010 – Acute liver failure (ALF) is defined as severe and sudden liver dysfunction leading to coagulopathy and encephalopathy in a previously healthy person without preexisting liver disease. Almost half of adult cases of ALF are due to acetaminophen toxicity, with 21% labeled indeterminate or other. We present a patient with a second episode of ALF, both episodes being initiated by catabolic stress.

Susan M. Gilmour, Lisa G. Sorensen, Ravinder Anand, Wanrong Yin, Estella M. Alonso – 30 August 2010 – School performance is an important aspect of functional outcomes for pediatric liver transplant (LT) recipients. This longitudinal analysis conducted through the Studies of Pediatric Liver Transplantation (SPLIT) research consortium examines several indicators of school function in these patients. A total of 39 centers participated in data collection using a semistructured questionnaire designed specifically for this study.

Ricky H. Bhogal, Simon C. Afford – 30 August 2010

Jerzy W. Kupiec‐Weglinski, Cecilia M. Freitas – 30 August 2010

Sumeet K. Asrani, W. Ray Kim, Patrick S. Kamath – 30 August 2010

Hideaki Uchiyama, Ken Shirabe, Akinobu Taketomi, Yuji Soejima, Mizuki Ninomiya, Hiroto Kayashima, Toru Ikegami, Yoshihiko Maehara – 30 August 2010 – Graft hepatic arteries (HAs) are usually reconstructed with a recipient HA branch (anatomical HA reconstruction) in living donor liver transplantation (LDLT). Surgeons often encounter difficulties in reconstructing HAs, particularly when a recipient artery other than an HA branch must be used; this is known as extra‐anatomical HA reconstruction.