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Blood pressure control according to clinical practice guidelines is associated with decreased mortality and cardiovascular events among liver transplant recipients

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VanWagner, Lisa B., Holl, Jane L., Montag, Samantha, Gregory, Dyanna, Connolly, Sean, Kosirog, Megan, Campbell, Patrick, Pine, Stewart +6 more·2020·American Journal of Transplantation

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Data for liver transplant recipients (LTRs) regarding the benefit of care concordant with clinical practice guidelines for management of blood pressure (BP) are sparse. This paper reports on clinician adherence with BP clinical practice guideline recommendations and whether BP control is associated with mortality and cardiovascular events (CVEs) among LTRs. We conducted a longitudinal cohort study of adult LTRs who survived to hospital discharge at a large tertiary care network between 2010 and 2016. The primary exposure was a BP of <140/<90 mm Hg within year 1 of LT. Among 602 LTRs (mean age 56.7 years, 64% men), 92% had hypertension and 38% had new onset hypertension. Less than 30% of LTRs achieved a BP of <140/<90 mm Hg over a mean of 43.2 months. In multivariable models, adjusted for key confounders, BP control post-LT compared with lack of control was associated with a significantly lower hazard of mortality (hazard ratio [HR] 0.48, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.39, 0.87) and of CVEs (HR 0.65, 95% CI 0.43, 0.97). The association between BP control of <140/<90 mm Hg with improved survival and decreased CVEs in LTRs suggests that efforts to improve clinician adherence to BP clinical practice recommendations should be intensified.

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  • Optimal blood pressure control is associated with a 42% relative reduction in all-cause mortality and a 35% reduction in cardiovascular events, stroke in particular.

    “Optimal blood pressure control is associated with a 42% relative reduction in all-cause mortality and a 35% reduction in cardiovascular events, stroke in particular. 520”

    From EASL-EASD-EASO Clinical Practice Guidelines on the management of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD). (2024) · cites this paper as [520]

    The Results report a 42% lower adjusted hazard of all-cause mortality and a 35% lower adjusted hazard of cardiovascular events among liver transplant recipients with blood pressure controlled to <140/<90 mmHg. The Results also identify stroke as the most common cardiovascular event, but do not establish a 35% reduction in stroke specifically. The Discussion says the optimal blood-pressure target remains to be determined. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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VanWagner, L. B., Holl, J. L., Montag, S., Gregory, D., Connolly, S., Kosirog, M., Campbell, P., Pine, S., Daud, A., Finn, D., Ladner, D., Skaro, A. I., Levitsky, J., & Lloyd-Jones, D. M.
Affiliations
  • Northwestern University (US)
  • University of Chicago (US)
  • Western University (CA)
Corresponding author
VanWagner, Lisa B.
Venue
American Journal of Transplantation
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2020-03
Volume
20
Issue
3
Pages
797-807
ISSN
1600-6135 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2986328223
Cited by
55
References
30
Citations by year
2026: 6 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 12 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 1
FWCI
4.15
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • American Journal of Transplantation (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (UL1TR001422)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Clinical practice guidelines implementation
Keywords
liver transplant recipients, blood pressure control, hypertension, clinical practice guideline adherence, mortality, cardiovascular events, antihypertensive therapy, post-transplant care
MeSH terms
Adult, Blood Pressure, Cardiovascular Diseases, Female, Humans, Hypertension, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Middle Aged, Liver Transplantation

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