Cardiac and Liver Disease in Children: Implications for Management Before and After Liver Transplantation
Nicola D. Ruth, Nigel E. Drury, James Bennett, Deirdre A. Kelly – 24 December 2019 – There is close interaction between the functions of the liver and heart affecting the presentation, diagnosis, and outcome of acute and chronic cardiac and liver disease. Conditions affecting both organ systems should be considered when proposing transplantation because the interaction between cardiac disease and liver disease has implications for diagnosis, management, selection for transplantation, and, ultimately, for longterm outcomes after liver transplantation (LT).