Hypercoagulability as a contributor to thrombotic complications in the liver transplant recipient

Traditionally, perioperative bleeding complications were a major concern during orthotopic liver transplantation, but a tremendous decline in transfusion requirements has been reported over the last decade. In recent years, there has been an increasing awareness towards perioperative thrombotic complications, including liver vessel thrombosis, and systemic venous and arterial thromboembolic events. Whereas a number of these thrombotic...