Predictive Value of Intraoperative Troponin I Elevation in Pediatric Living Donor Liver Transplant Recipients With Biliary Atresia

BACKGROUNDPediatric living donor liver transplantation is associated with slight alteration in cardiac enzymes without ongoing acute cardiac injury, but available information about the significance of these changes is limited. The aims of this study were to analyze the link between the anomalies of intraoperative serum cardiac troponin I (cTnI) and acute lung injury during the first week after liver transplantation. METHODSIn this retrospective study, 123 children suffering from biliary atresia were enrolled. Several perioperative variables, particularly cTnI before operation and at 30 minutes of neohepatic phase were recorded. Sixty-four recipients were divided into high cTnI group (≥0.07 ng/mL) and 59 recipients composed normal cTnI group (