Transplanted Fatty Livers Associated With Worse Prognosis For Patients With HCV

Tuesday, January 13, 2009 - 14:21 in Health & Medicine

A new study suggests that patients with hepatitis C who need a liver transplant should not receive an organ with high levels of fatty deposits (hepatic steatosis). Hepatitis C recurrence was more frequent and earlier among those transplanted with such livers.

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