The Liver Transplant Comorbidity Index (LTCI): A composite index of ambulatory pre-LT factors to identify patients at increased risk of post-LT mortality
The LTCI, comprising 5 pretransplant clinical parameters, effectively identifies patients at increased risk of posttransplant mortality. By integrating frailty in the context of other comorbidities, the LTCI can help providers better weigh the relative transplant risks and benefits and standardize the selection of transplant candidates.
Authors
- Daniela P. Ladner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5526-8272)
- Elizabeth King (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7360-7004)
- Elizabeth C. Verna (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9658-3751)
- Matthew Robert Kappus (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3365-5903)
- Daniel Ganger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8870-615X)
- Amit D. Tevar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0030-6707)
- Jennifer C. Lai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2092-6380)
- Andrés Duarte‐Rojo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5377-9295)
- Michele Molinari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9763-6253)
- Amy M. Shui (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8243-6910)
- Robert S. Rahimi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2595-1852)
- Michael L. Volk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7069-0754)
Institutions
- Northwestern University (US)
- Duke University (US)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- Columbia University Irving Medical Center (US)
- Baylor University Medical Center (US)
- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (US)
- Baylor Scott & White Health (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Hepatology
- Published
- 2025-03-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/hep.0000000000001320
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Liver Disease and Transplantation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.64