Table 3.

Causes of death in liver biopsy population.

Patient	CHFS biopsy score	Age at death (years)	MELD-Na at death	Cause of death
1	1	14.5	10	Cerebral air embolism during epicardial lead placement Anoxic brain injury
2	2b	14.4	14	Cardiopulmonary arrest secondary to pulmonary haemorrhage
3	3	16.6	25	Heart failure exacerbation requiring Impella LVAD placement Acute renal failure, liver failure
4	3	5.5	25∗	Cardiac arrest, septic shock, disseminated intravascular coagulation Heart failure, renal failure, liver failure
5	3	10.6	32	Influenza A Heart failure, renal failure, liver failure
6	3	20.6	31	Acute cardiogenic shock following replacement of epicardial pacing system, ECMO, lower extremity ischaemic necrosis Heart failure, renal failure, liver failure
7	4	20.5	37	Progressive Fontan failure Heart failure, respiratory failure, renal failure, liver failure

Liver failure was defined as INR >2 with or without hepatic encephalopathy.

CHFS, congestive hepatic fibrosis score; ECMO, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; INR, international normalised ratio; LVAD, left ventricular assist device; MELD-Na, MELD-sodium; PELD, paediatric end-stage liver disease.

^∗PELD and MELD-Na were equivalent.