Bleeding Outcomes Following Transesophageal Echocardiography in Patients With Cirrhosis and Esophageal Varices

Jordan S. Sack, Michael Li, Stephen D. Zucker – 21 November 2020 – Despite scant evidence, current guidelines indicate that esophageal varices are a relative contraindication to transesophageal echocardiography (TEE). The aim of this study is to compare the risk of gastrointestinal bleeding following TEE among cirrhotic patients with and without endoscopically‐documented esophageal varices. This is a retrospective analysis of patients with cirrhosis who underwent upper endoscopy within 4 years of TEE at five institutions between January 2000 and March 2020.

Factors Associated With Hepatitis A Mortality During Person‐to‐Person Outbreaks: A Matched Case–Control Study—United States, 2016‐2019

Megan G. Hofmeister, Jian Xing, Monique A. Foster, Ryan J. Augustine, Cole Burkholder, Jim Collins, Shannon McBee, Erica D. Thomasson, Douglas Thoroughman, Mark K. Weng, Philip R. Spradling – 20 November 2020

Cardiac Risk Assessment in Liver Transplant Candidates: Current Controversies and Future Directions

Pranab M. Barman, Lisa B. VanWagner – 20 November 2020 – In the changing landscape of liver transplantation (LT), we are now evaluating older and sicker patients with more cardiovascular comorbidities, and the spectrum of cardiovascular disease is uniquely physiologically impacted by end‐stage liver disease. Cardiac complications are now the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in LT recipients, and the pretransplant risk is exacerbated immediately during the transplant operation and continues long term under the umbrella of immunosuppression.

Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Diabetes Mellitus Are Associated With Post–Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt Renal Dysfunction: An Advancing Liver Therapeutic Approaches Group Study

Jin Ge, Jennifer C. Lai, Justin Richard Boike, Margarita German, Nathaniel Jest, Giuseppe Morelli, Erin Spengler, Adnan Said, Alexander Lee, Alexander Hristov, Archita P. Desai, Shilpa Junna, Bhupesh Pokhrel, Thomas Couri, Sonali Paul, Catherine Frenette, Nathaniel Christian‐Miller, Marcela Laurito, Elizabeth C. Verna, Usman Rahim, Aparna Goel, Arighno Das, Stewart Pine, Dyanna Gregory, Lisa B.

Vascular Liver Disorders, Portal Vein Thrombosis, and Procedural Bleeding in Patients With Liver Disease: 2020 Practice Guidance by the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases

Patrick G. Northup, Juan Carlos Garcia‐Pagan, Guadalupe Garcia‐Tsao, Nicolas M. Intagliata, Riccardo A. Superina, Lara N. Roberts, Ton Lisman, Dominique C. Valla – 20 November 2020

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