Transplante Hepático 2013
Evaluation for liver transplantation in adults: 2013 practice guideline by the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the American Society of Transplantation
Preamble
Guidelines on Evaluation for Liver Transplantation (LT) were published in 2005 by the American Associa- tion for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD).1 In the interim there have been major advances in the manage- ment of chronic liver disease, most notably in antiviral therapy for chronic viral hepatitis. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has assumed increasing promi- nence as a cause of cirrhosis and hepatocellular carci- noma (HCC) requiring liver transplant.2 Furthermore, individual disease indications for LT such as HCC have been refined3 and specific guidelines have appeared for chronic viral hepatitis.4
