Subclinical Atherosclerosis in Pediatric Liver Transplant Recipients: Carotid and Aorta Intima-Media Thickness and Their Predictors

Measures of long-term cardiovascular risk were associated with conditions that are more common in pediatric liver transplant recipients than nontransplanted peers, namely, diastolic hypertension and glucose intolerance. Larger, longitudinal studies are warranted to investigate whether cIMT could be useful for stratifying these patients' cardiovascular risk-and potential need for proactive intervention-during long-term follow-up.