transplantologiyaТрансплантологияTransplantologiya. The Russian Journal of Transplantation2074-05062542-0909IPO Association of Transplantologists10.23873/2074-0506-2020-12-1-49-60transplantologiya-479Research ArticleОБЗОРНЫЕ СТАТЬИ И ЛЕКЦИИREVIEW ARTICLES AND LECTURESНаиболее часто встречающиеся сопутствующие заболевания сердечно-сосудистой системы и методы их периоперационной оценки у кандидатов на трансплантацию печениCommon cardiac comorbidities and perioperative assessment modalities for liver transplant candidates – an updatehttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9080-6806ХэклФ.HacklF.

Флориан Хэкл, доктор медицины, штатный анестезиолог по трансплантации, отделение анестезиологии

Florian Hackl MD, Staff Anesthesiologist, Department of Anesthesia

florian.hackl@lahey.orghttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2442-1534КопыловА. В.KopylovA. V.

Андрей В. Копылов доктор медицины, штатный анестезиолог по трансплантации, директор Научного сообщества трансплантационной анестезии, отделение анестезиологии и лечения боли

Andrey V. Kopylov MD, Staff Transplant Anesthesiologist, Director of Fellowship in Transplant Anesthesia, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1325-5849КауфманМ. Д.KaufmanM. D.

Майкл Д. Кауфман доктор медицины, доцент кафедры клинической медицины

заведующий отделением анестезиологии 

Michael D. Kaufman MD, Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine

Chief of Department of Anesthesiology

Клиника и медицинский центр Lahey (Лахея)Соединённые Штаты АмерикиLahey Hospital and Medical CenterUnited StatesКлиника и медицинский центр Lahey (Лахея); Школа медицины Университета ТафтсСоединённые Штаты АмерикиLahey Hospital and Medical Center; Tufts University School of MedicineUnited States2020180320201214960Copyright © Хэкл Ф., Копылов А.В., Кауфман М.Д., 20202020Хэкл Ф., Копылов А.В., Кауфман М.Д.Hackl F., Kopylov A.V., Kaufman M.D.Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.https://www.jtransplantologiya.ru/jour/article/view/479

В настоящее время осложнения со стороны сердечно-сосудистой системы являются основной причиной ранней летальности после трансплантации печени. Рекомендации по кардиологическому обследованию перед трансплантацией печени представлены в ограниченном объеме. В данном обзоре мы рассматриваем общие методы, используемые для оценки сердечно-сосудистой системы у кандидатов на пересадку печени.

Авторы заявляют об отсутствии конфликта интересов.

Cardiac complications are currently the leading cause of early mortality following liver transplantation. Guidelines for the cardiac workup prior liver transplantation are limited. In this review we are discussing commonly modalities used for cardiovascular evaluation of liver transplant candidates.

Authors declare no conflict of interest.

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