title: Thrombotic microangiopathy after living-donor liver transplantation.
abstract: Thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA) is an infrequent but severe life-threatening disorder in solid organ transplant recipients. Few studies of TMA in living donor liver transplant (LDLT) recipients, however, have been reported. We investigated the clinical characteristics and prognostic factors of TMA after LDLT. Among 393 adult LDLT recipients, 30 patients (7.6%) were identified to have TMA. The 1-, 3- and 5-year survival rates of these patients were lower (60.6%, 52.5% and 47.7%, respectively) than those of patients without TMA (93.0%, 89.0% and 87.3%, respectively). Multivariate analysis confirmed that reduced administration of fresh frozen plasma and sensitization against HLA are closely related with TMA (odds ratio [OR]: 2.6 and 16.1, respectively). However, a review of the cases revealed that individual responses to treatment varied considerably and the main etiologies were difficult to determine. A comparison of the clinical factors suggested that late onset (>30 days), poor response to treatment and delayed diagnosis and/or treatment are associated with a poor outcome. Because the prevention of TMA in LDLT patients is difficult, early diagnosis and initiation of intensive therapies may be crucial to improve the prognosis.
authors: Artificial Organ and Transplantation Division, Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Shindoh
authors: Y
authors: Y
authors: Sugawara
authors: N
authors: N
authors: Akamatsu
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Kaneko
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Tamura
authors: N
authors: N
authors: Yamashiki
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Aoki
authors: Y
authors: Y
authors: Sakamoto
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Hasegawa
authors: N
authors: N
authors: Kokudo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D058625:End Stage Liver Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D019520:Living Donors; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D015996:Survival Rate; D057049:Thrombotic Microangiopathies / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D055815:Young Adult