Blood Pressure Variability Early After Liver Transplantation Predicts Long‐Term Mortality

Katie Truitt, Kevin Chen, Yuichiro Yano, Dyanna L. Gregory, Lisa B. VanWagner – 21 November 2021 – Cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of mortality after liver transplantation (LT). Elevated blood pressure (BP) in LT recipients (LTRs) is associated with increased cardiovascular events (CVEs) and decreased survival. Increased visit‐to‐visit BP variability in the general population is associated with adverse outcomes. Whether BP variability is associated with adverse outcomes in LTRs is unknown.

A Quantitative Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography Metric of Intrahepatic Biliary Dilatation Severity Detects High‐Risk Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis

Emmanuel A. Selvaraj, Ahmed Ba‐Ssalamah, Sarah Poetter‐Lang, Gerard R. Ridgway, J. Michael Brady, Jane Collier, Emma L. Culver, Adam Bailey, Michael Pavlides – 20 November 2021 – Magnetic resonance imaging with magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRI‐MRCP) in primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is currently based on qualitative assessment and has high interobserver variability. We investigated the utility and performance of quantitative metrics derived from a three‐dimensional biliary analysis tool in adult patients with PSC.

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Marc G. Ghany, Wendy C. King, Mauricio Lisker‐Melman, Anna S. F. Lok, Norah Terrault, Harry L. A. Janssen, Mandana Khalili, Raymond T. Chung, William M. Lee, Daryl T. Y. Lau, Gavin A. Cloherty, Richard K. Sterling – 19 November 2021

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