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Nature Reviews Gastroenterology and Hepatology 5, 480–481 (1 September 2008) | doi:10.1038/ncpgasthep1221

Cardiac dysfunction during liver transplantation is common and not predicted by tests

Ripoll C et al. (2008) Cardiac dysfunction during liver transplantation: incidence and preoperative predictors. Transplantation 85: 1766–1772 Patients with cirrhosis can be affected by cardiomyopathy, which is normally masked by the low systemic vascular resistance characteristic of liver disease.