Significance of asymptomatic biliary tract disease in heart transplant recipients

Biliary disease in conjuction with heart transplantation was encountered in 13 of 33 patients: in the past history (three patients), at pretransplant evaluation (nine patients), and appearing de novo after transplantation (one patient). Four patients with asymptomatic cholelithiasis underwent transplantation: biliary complications requiring emergency and/or urgent surgery occurred in all. with two deaths