TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Combined Heart–Liver Transplantation A1 - Cagliani, Joaquin A. A1 - Aronoff, Lior A1 - Fahmy, Ahmed A1 - Teperman, Lewis W. A1 - Molmenti, Ernesto Pompeo A2 - Molmenti, Ernesto Pompeo A2 - Santibañes, Martin de A2 - Santibañes, Eduardo de PY - 2021 T2 - Liver Transplantation: Operative Techniques and Medical Management AB - This is a rare and lifesaving surgical procedure.The first combined heart–liver transplantation (CHLT) case in the United States was performed in 1984 in a 6-year-old female with familial hypercholesterolemia and heart failure secondary to coronary artery disease.1The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) reported 231 CHLT procedures in the United States between January 1, 1988, and October 31, 2017.As noted in Fig. 78-1, the number of CHLT has been increasing over the past decades SN - PB - McGraw Hill CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/10/10 UR - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1180113076 ER -