Copyright
©The Author(s) 2016. Published by Baishideng Publishing Group Inc. All rights reserved.
World J Gastroenterol. Jul 28, 2016; 22(28): 6416-6423
Published online Jul 28, 2016. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i28.6416
Published online Jul 28, 2016. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i28.6416
Metabolic complications in liver transplant recipients
Miguel Jiménez-Pérez, Rocío González-Grande, Edith Omonte Guzmán, Víctor Amo Trillo, Juan Miguel Rodrigo López, UGC de Aparato Digestivo, Unidad de Hepatología-Trasplante Hepático, Hospital Universitario Regional de Málaga, 29010 Málaga, Spain
Author contributions: Jiménez-Pérez M, González-Grande R, Omonte Guzmán E, Amo Trillo V and Rodrigo López JM contributed equally to this work.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors have no conflict of interest to report.
Open-Access: This article is an open-access article which was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Correspondence to: Miguel Jiménez-Pérez, MD, UGC de Aparato Digestivo, Unidad de Hepatología-Trasplante Hepático, Hospital Universitario Regional de Málaga, Avenida Carlos Haya, 29010 Malaga, Spain. mjimenezp@commalaga.com
Telephone: +34-61095935 Fax: +34-951291941
Received: April 12, 2016
Peer-review started: April 14, 2016
First decision: May 12, 2016
Revised: May 25, 2016
Accepted: June 13, 2016
Article in press: June 13, 2016
Published online: July 28, 2016
Peer-review started: April 14, 2016
First decision: May 12, 2016
Revised: May 25, 2016
Accepted: June 13, 2016
Article in press: June 13, 2016
Published online: July 28, 2016
Core Tip
Core tip: The metabolic syndrome is a very frequent complication after liver transplantation; indeed, over half transplant patients will eventually develop it. It is also a risk factor for the development of cardiovascular disease, one of the main causes of long-term death after transplantation. The identification and early treatment of such factors as hypertension, dyslipidaemia, obesity and diabetes is crucial to achieve a positive impact on long-term survival of liver transplant patients.