Research Article

Short-Term Cardiac and Noncardiac Mortality Following Liver Transplantation

Table 3

Cardiac events: Patient characteristics.

n26
Age (years)55 ± 8
Male19 (73%)
Diabetes mellitus6 (23%)
Hypertension11 (42%)
History of smoking15 (58%)
Known Coronary Artery Disease1 (4%)
MELD score at time of transplant23 ± 8
Cold Ischemic Time (hours)6.0 ± 2.0

MELD: model for end stage liver disease.