Table 1.

Various Indications for Liver Transplantation

Fulminant hepatic failure

Complications of cirrhosis (ascites, synthetic dysfunction, encephalopathy, liver malignancy, variceal hemorrhage refractory to standard therapy, chronic gastrointestinal bleeding secondary to portal hypertension)

Systemic complications of chronic liver disease (hepatopulmonary syndrome and portopulmonary hypertension)

Metabolic conditions that cause systemic disease (NASH, alpha1‐antitrypsin deficiency, Wilson's disease, amyloidosis, hemochromatosis, glycogen storage diseases, urea cycle enzyme deficiencies)