Table 4.
Characteristics of patients who died after diagnosis of Budd-Chiari syndrome
| Study ID | Age at death | Gender | Race | Ethnicity | Evaluated for LT? (Y/N) | Listed for LT? (Y/N) | Contraindication for LT? (Y/N) If “Yes,” specify | Time from listing to death (mo) | LT? (Y/N) | Cause of death |
| 1 | 49 | F | Black or AA | Not hispanic or Latino | Y | Y | N | 26 | N | Unknown |
| 2 | 61 | M | White | Not hispanic or Latino | N | N | Y; HCC with extensive vascular invasion and lung metastasis | N/A | N | Unknown |
| 3 | 49 | M | White | Not hispanic or Latino | Y | Y | N | 65 | N | Metastatic colon cancer |
| 4 | 59 | M | White | Not hispanic or Latino | Y | N | Y; poor LT candidate due to ESRD, history of CAD, and kidney/pancreas transplant | N/A | N | Vertebral osteomyelitis of the lumbar spine, MRSA bacteremia |
| 5 | 34 | M | White | Not hispanic or Latino | Y | Y | Y; Testicular cancer | 12 | N | Metastatic testicular cancer |
| 6 | 34 | M | White | Not hispanic or Latino | Y | Y | N | 72 | N | Hypercapnic respiratory failure, pneumonia |
| 7 | 67 | F | Black or AA | Not hispanic or Latino | Y | N | N (in transplant evaluation stage at date of death) | N/A | N | Severe sepsis |
| 8 | 52 | F | Other | Not hispanic or Latino | Y | N | Y; HCC with secondary malignant neoplasm of the lung | N/A | N | Liver failure, metastatic HCC |
| 9 | 42 | F | White | Not hispanic or Latino | N | N | Y; Breast cancer | N/A | N | Metastatic breast cancer |
| 10 | 69 | M | White | Not hispanic or Latino | Y | Y | N | 16 | N | Renal failure, liver failure, possible sepsis |
LT: Liver transplantation; AA: African American; HCC: Hepatocellular carcinoma; CAD: Coronary artery disease; ESRD: End-stage renal disease; MRSA: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; F: Female; M: Male; Y/N: Yes/No; N/A: Not available.