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Liver Transplantation, An Issue of Clinics in Liver Disease, E-Book

Liver Transplantation, An Issue of Clinics in Liver Disease, E-Book

Roberto J. Firpi

(2017)

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Abstract

Cirrhosis from hepatitis C (HCV) is now the most common indication for liver transplant (LT) in the U.S., but between 2004 and 2013, new LT listings for NASH increased by 170%. Unfortunately, fibrosis progression leading to cirrhosis, liver cancer, and liver decompensation continues to occur after transplantation. Once cirrhosis and decompensation are evident, patient survival is poor and repeat LT is considered to improve outcomes. Therefore, the never-ending thirst for new approaches in the management of patients pre- and post-transplant has led to a very promising future in transplantation, thought there is much to learn to achieve better patient outcomes. This issue of Clinics in Liver Disease addresses the core areas to achieve better patient outcomes, with articles devoted to coagulopathy before liver transplant, challenges in renal failure before LT, LT for acute alcoholic hepatitis, LT in the pregnant patient, bariatric surgery and LT,and MELD Scores in prioritization of LT, to name a few. Readers will place a high value on the current state of liver transplantation in this issue.

Table of Contents

Section Title Page Action Price
Front Cover Cover
Liver Transplantation\r i
Copyright\r ii
Contributors iii
CONSULTING EDITOR iii
EDITOR iii
AUTHORS iii
Contents vii
Preface: Liver Transplantation in the Twenty-First Century vii
Liver Transplantation and Bariatric Surgery: Best Approach vii
Treatment Options in Patients Awaiting Liver Transplantation with Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Cholangiocarcinoma vii
Coagulopathy Before and After Liver Transplantation: From the Hepatic to the Systemic Circulatory Systems vii
Model for End-Stage Liver Disease–Sodium Score: The Evolution in the Prioritization of Liver Transplantation viii
Extended Criteria Donors in Liver Transplantation viii
Challenges in Renal Failure Treatment Before Liver Transplant viii
De Novo and Recurrence of Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis After Liver Transplantation viii
Management of Immunosuppression in Liver Transplantation ix
Liver Transplantation in Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency ix
Predictors of Cardiovascular Events After Liver Transplantation ix
Autoimmune Hepatitis in the Liver Transplant Graft ix
Cholestatic Liver Diseases After Liver Transplant x
The New Era of Hepatitis C: Therapy in Liver Transplant Recipients x
Liver Retransplantation: How Much Is Too Much?\r x
CLINICS IN LIVER DISEASE\r xi
FORTHCOMING ISSUES xi
August 2017 xi
November 2017 xi
February 2018 xi
RECENT ISSUES xi
February 2017 xi
November 2016 xi
August 2016 xi
Erratum xiii
Preface:\rLiver Transplantation in the Twenty-First Century xv
Liver Transplantation and Bariatric Surgery 215
Key points 215
INTRODUCTION 215
IMPACT OF OBESITY IN LIVER TRANSPLANT 216
NONSURGICAL INTERVENTIONS FOR OBESITY 218
TYPES OF BARIATRIC SURGERY 218
BARIATRIC SURGERY IN PATIENTS WITH LIVER DISEASE 222
BARIATRIC SURGERY AND LIVER TRANSPLANT 222
BARIATRIC SURGERY BEFORE LIVER TRANSPLANTATION 223
BARIATRIC SURGERY DURING TRANSPLANTATION 223
BARIATRIC SURGERY AFTER TRANSPLANTATION 224
SUMMARY 224
REFERENCES 224
Treatment Options in Patients Awaiting Liver Transplantation with Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Cholangiocarcinoma 231
Key points 231
INTRODUCTION 232
PATIENT EVALUATION OVERVIEW 233
LOCOREGIONAL THERAPIES 233
ABLATION TREATMENTS 234
TRANSCATHETER ARTERIAL TREATMENTS 235
Transarterial Chemoembolization 235
Transarterial Radioembolization 236
COMBINATION THERAPIES 239
Transarterial Chemoembolization Plus Radiofrequency Ablation 239
Locoregional Therapies with Sorafenib 239
EMERGING THERAPIES 239
Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy 239
SURGICAL TREATMENT OPTIONS 241
EVALUATION OF OUTCOME AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TREATMENT OF HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA 241
PERIHILAR CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA 244
SUMMARY 245
REFERENCES 245
Coagulopathy Before and After Liver Transplantation 253
Key points 253
INTRODUCTION 253
PITFALLS AND CAVEATS OF DIAGNOSTIC TESTING: PREDICTING THROMBOTIC AND BLEEDING RISK 255
PRETRANSPLANT VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLIC DISEASE 256
PRETRANSPLANT PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS IN PATIENTS WITH CIRRHOSIS 257
NONALCOHOLIC STEATOHEPATITIS 259
THERAPEUTIC ANTICOAGULATION IN CIRRHOSIS 260
INTRAOPERATIVE AND POST–LIVER TRANSPLANTATION THROMBOSIS 264
Intraoperative Thromboembolic Events 264
Venous Thromboembolic Disease 264
Portal Vein Thrombosis 265
Hepatic Artery Thrombosis 265
SUMMARY 266
REFERENCES 266
Model for End-Stage Liver Disease–Sodium Score 275
Key points 275
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE: STARTING TO REGULATE LIVER TRANSPLANTATION 275
THE FIRST IMPROVEMENT: CREATION OF THE UNOS STATUS CLASSIFICATION 276
REDEFINING PRIORITY FOR TRANSPLANTATION: THE FINAL RULE 277
A MATHEMATICAL FORMULA HELP SOLVING THE LIVER ALLOCATION PROBLEM 278
LIVER ORGAN ALLOCATION IMPROVES WITH THE MELD IMPLEMENTATION 279
IMPROVING THE PREDICTION OF SURVIVAL WITH ADDING SODIUM TO THE CALCULATION 279
ADDRESSING GEOGRAPHIC DISPARITIES: DISTRIBUTION OF ORGANS 281
MODEL FOR END-STAGE LIVER DISEASE EXCEPTIONS: THE CASE FOR HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA 282
MODEL FOR END-STAGE LIVER DISEASE EXCEPTION: PULMONARY COMPLICATIONS OF CIRRHOSIS 282
OTHER MODEL FOR END-STAGE LIVER DISEASE EXCEPTIONS 283
SUMMARY 283
REFERENCES 284
Extended Criteria Donors in Liver Transplantation 289
Key points 289
INTRODUCTION 289
DONOR AGE 290
DONOR STEATOSIS 291
DONORS AFTER CARDIAC DEATH 292
CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION HIGH-RISK DONORS 293
VIRAL HEPATITIS C 294
VIRAL HEPATITIS B 294
Hepatitis B Core Antibody–Positive Donors 294
Hepatitis B Surface Antigen–Positive Donors 295
HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 295
SUMMARY 296
REFERENCES 296
Challenges in Renal Failure Treatment Before Liver Transplant 303
Key points 303
INTRODUCTION 303
RENAL FAILURE IN CIRRHOSIS: EPIDEMIOLOGY AND OUTCOME 304
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE 304
HEPATORENAL SYNDROME: CLINICAL PICTURE 305
HEPATORENAL SYNDROME: PATHOPHYSIOLOGY 306
HEPATORENAL SYNDROME: DIAGNOSIS 307
OUTCOME OF PATIENTS WITH HEPATORENAL SYNDROME AND LIVER TRANSPLANT 309
PHARMACOLOGIC TREATMENT OF HEPATORENAL SYNDROME 309
RATIONALE OF THERAPY FOR HEPATORENAL SYNDROME 309
THERAPY FOR HEPATORENAL SYNDROME: VASOCONSTRICTORS (OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES) 310
THERAPY FOR HEPATORENAL SYNDROME: VASOCONSTRICTORS (RANDOMIZED, CONTROLLED TRIALS) 311
THERAPY FOR HEPATORENAL SYNDROME: ARTERIAL BLOOD PRESSURE AND VASOCONSTRICTORS 311
THERAPY FOR HEPATORENAL SYNDROME: TRANSJUGULAR INTRAHEPATIC PORTOSYSTEMIC SHUNT 312
THERAPY FOR HEPATORENAL SYNDROME: RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY 313
SUMMARY 314
REFERENCES 314
De Novo and Recurrence of Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis After Liver Transplantation 321
Key points 321
INTRODUCTION 321
DONOR FACTORS: RISK FOR DE NOVO NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE POST LIVER TRANSPLANT 322
RECIPIENT-SPECIFIC FACTORS FOR DE NOVO AND RECURRENT NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE AGE 323
Ethnic Risk Factors 323
Gender 324
Genetic Factors 324
Rapid Weight Gain After Transplantation 325
Comorbid Metabolic Syndrome 326
Pretransplant Alcoholic Liver Disease 326
TRANSPLANT-SPECIFIC FACTORS 326
Corticosteroids 326
Calcineurin Inhibitors 327
Sirolimus 328
MANAGEMENT OF DE NOVO NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE 328
SUMMARY 329
REFERENCES 329
Management of Immunosuppression in Liver Transplantation 337
Key points 337
INTRODUCTION 337
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF IMMUNE RESPONSE AFTER LIVER TRANSPLANTATION 338
MAJOR CLASSES OF IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE DRUGS 339
Corticosteroids 339
Mechanism of action 339
Dose and protocol 339
Adverse effects 339
Calcineurin Inhibitors 339
Liver Transplantation in Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency 355
Key points 355
INTRODUCTION 355
EPIDEMIOLOGY AND GENETICS 355
PATHOGENESIS 356
ALPHA-1 ANTITRYPSIN DEFICIENCY AND LIVER DISEASE IN CHILDREN 356
LIVER DISEASE IN ADULTS 357
Risk of Cirrhosis in PI*ZZ Adults 357
Risk of Cirrhosis in PI*MZ Adults 357
EARLY EXPERIENCE IN LIVER TRANSPLANTATION AND ALPHA-1 ANTITRYPSIN DEFICIENCY 357
LIVER TRANSPLANTATION FOR ALPHA-1 ANTITRYPSIN DEFICIENCY IN CHILDREN 358
LIVER TRANSPLANTATION FOR ALPHA-1 ANTITRYPSIN DEFICIENCY IN ADULTS 359
HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA AND ALPHA-1 ANTITRYPSIN DEFICIENCY 361
GENOTYPE/PHENOTYPE MISMATCH AND OTHER DONOR ISSUES 361
CONSIDERATIONS OF LUNG FUNCTION PARTICULAR TO ALPHA-1 ANTITRYPSIN DEFICIENCY 361
SUMMARY 362
REFERENCES 362
Predictors of Cardiovascular Events After Liver Transplantation 367
Key points 367
INTRODUCTION 367
CARDIOVASCULAR COMPLICATIONS AFTER LIVER TRANSPLANTATION 368
PREOPERATIVE CARDIOVASCULAR EVALUATION IN LIVER TRANSPLANT CANDIDATES 370
PREDICTORS OF POSTTRANSPLANT CARDIOVASCULAR COMPLICATIONS 372
PORTOPULMONARY HYPERTENSION 375
SUMMARY 375
REFERENCES 375
Autoimmune Hepatitis in the Liver Transplant Graft 381
Key points 381
RECURRENT AND DE NOVO AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS AFTER LIVER TRANSPLANTATION 381
RECURRENT AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS AFTER LIVER TRANSPLANTATION 381
Incidence and Timing of Recurrent Autoimmune Hepatitis 382
Risk Factors for and Pathogenesis of Recurrent Autoimmune Hepatitis 382
Diagnosis of Recurrent Autoimmune Hepatitis 384
Monitoring for Recurrence 385
Management of Recurrent Autoimmune Hepatitis 386
Outcomes of Recurrent Autoimmune Hepatitis 386
DE NOVO AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS AFTER LIVER TRANSPLANTATION 386
Incidence of De Novo Autoimmune Hepatitis 387
Histology 387
Presence of Antibodies in De Novo Autoimmune Hepatitis 392
Risk Factors for the Development of De Novo Autoimmune Hepatitis 393
Outcomes 395
Treatment 396
SUMMARY 396
REFERENCES 396
Cholestatic Liver Diseases After Liver Transplant 403
Key points 403
INTRODUCTION 403
PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS 404
Indication and Timing of Liver Transplant 404
Transplant Trends 404
Survival After Liver Transplant 405
Disease Recurrence 407
Diagnosis 407
Cholangiographic findings 407
Histologic findings 408
Incidence of recurrent primary sclerosing cholangitis 408
Risk factors for recurrent primary sclerosing cholangitis 408
Treatment of recurrent primary sclerosing cholangitis 409
Rejection 409
Importance of Acute Cellular Rejection After Liver Transplant for Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis 410
Retransplant 410
Inflammatory Bowel Disease Activity After Liver Transplant 410
Bone Mineral Density 411
PRIMARY BILIARY CHOLANGITIS 411
Indication and Timing of Liver Transplant 411
Transplant Trends 412
Survival After Liver Transplant 412
Disease Recurrence 412
Diagnosis 412
Incidence of recurrent primary biliary cholangitis 413
Risk factors for recurrent primary biliary cholangitis 413
Treatment of Recurrent Primary Biliary Cholangitis 414
Prevention of Recurrent Primary Biliary Cholangitis 414
Clinical Impact of Recurrent Primary Biliary Cholangitis 415
Rejection 415
SUMMARY 415
REFERENCES 415
The New Era of Hepatitis C 421
Key points 421
INTRODUCTION 421
WHEN TO TREAT HEPATITIS C VIRUS IN PATIENTS WHO NEED LIVER TRANSPLANT 422
HOW TO TREAT HEPATITIS C VIRUS IN PATIENTS LISTED FOR LIVER TRANSPLANT 426
Treatment of Patients with Cirrhosis 426
Treatment of Hepatitis C Virus After Liver Transplant 426
AVAILABLE TREATMENT REGIMENS 427
Sofosbuvir and Ribavirin 427
Sofosbuvir and Ledipasvir 427
Sofosbuvir and Simeprevir 428
Sofosbuvir and Daclatasvir 428
Paritaprevir, Ritonavir, Ombitasvir, and Ribavirin 429
Other Combinations 429
FIBROSING CHOLESTATIC HEPATITIS 429
RESISTANCE-ASSOCIATED VARIANTS 430
SUMMARY 430
REFERENCES 430
Liver Retransplantation 435
Key points 435
INTRODUCTION 435
TECHNICAL CONSIDERATIONS 436
FACTORS AFFECTING OUTCOMES 437
RETRANSPLANT FOR HEPATITIS C OR HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 439
MODELS TO PREDICT OUTCOMES 440
MULTIPLE RETRANSPLANTS 442
SUMMARY 443
REFERENCES 444