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Table 1 Causes of end-stage liver disease requiring transplantation (N = 232)

From: Complications related to intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography in liver transplantation

Cause

No. of patients (%)

Acetaminophen toxicity

4 (1.7)

α-1 antitrypsin

2 (0.9)

Amyloidosis

2 (0.9)

Autoimmune hepatitis

8 (3.4)

Budd–Chiari syndrome

3 (1.3)

Cryptogenic cirrhosis

28 (12.1)

Alcoholic cirrhosis

29 (12.5)

Alcoholic cirrhosis + HCC

2 (0.9)

Alcoholic cirrhosis + nonalcoholic steatohepatitis

2 (0.9)

HCC

6 (2.6)

HCC + nonalcoholic steatohepatitis

2 (0.9)

Hepatitis A

1 (0.4)

Hepatitis B

3 (1.3)

Hepatitis B + HCC

2 (0.9)

Hepatitis C

53 (22.8)

Hepatitis C + alcoholic cirrhosis

10 (4.3)

Hepatitis C + HCC

13 (5.6)

Hepatitis C + alcoholic cirrhosis + HCC

1 (0.4)

Metastatic carcinoma to the liver

2 (0.9)

Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis

24 (10.3)

Polycystic liver or kidney disease

5 (2.2)

Primary biliary cirrhosis

10 (4.3)

Primary sclerosing cholangitis

10 (4.3)

Other

10 (4.3)

  1. HCC hepatocellular carcinoma