Prevalence of pre-transplant electrocardiographic abnormalities and post-transplant cardiac events in patients with liver cirrhosis

Table 5 Post-transplant outcome of patients with liver cirrhosis with an available ECG at pre-transplant evaluation (n = 186)

Peri-transplant events	Frequency
Cardiac events	31 (17%)
ACS	1 (0.5%)
Arrhythmia	24 (13%)
Other¹	3 (1.5%)
Mortality	8 (4%)
Mortality due to a direct cardiac cause	3 (1.5%)
Retransplantation	8 (4%)
Late events
Cardiac events	27 (14.5%)
ACS	12 (6.5%)
Arrhythmia	12 (6.5%)
Mortality	40 (21.5%)
Mortality due to a direct cardiac cause	3 (1.5%)
Retransplantation	9 (5%)
Total events
Cardiac events	54 (29%)
ACS	13 (7%)
Arrhythmia	36 (19.5%)
Mortality	48 (26%)
Mortality due to a direct cardiac cause²	6 (3%)
Retransplantation	17 (9%)
Mortality and retransplantation	56 (30%)

Data is presented as n (%).
Some patients had both a peri-transplant event and a late event.
ACS, Acute coronary syndrome.
¹Acute circulatory failure without known cause and sudden cardiac arrest.
²Acute coronary syndromes - 4, Sudden cardiac arrest - 1, Acute circulatory failure - 1.

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