Risk Factors for Intracardiac Thrombus During Liver Transplantation
Molly K. Groose, Breanna N. Aldred, Joshua D. Mezrich, Laura L. Hammel – 22 May 2019 – Intracardiac thrombus (ICT) is an intraoperative complication with high mortality that occurs during orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). Patients with end‐stage liver disease have compromised coagulation pathways, and when combined with stressors of surgery, thrombi can form. However, it is unknown which patients are most likely to develop ICT. We performed a retrospective cohort study of all OLT patients at our hospital from 2010 to 2017 to identify risk factors for ICT.