Transplantation for alcohol-associated liver disease in the modern era: Benefits and issues unresolved

1Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA 2Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA 3Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA 4Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Abbreviations: AC, acuity circles; ACLF, acute-on-chronic liver failure; AH, alcohol-associated hepatitis; ALD, alcohol-associated liver disease; COVID, coronavirus disease; DCD, donation after cardiac death; LT, liver transplantation; MASLD, metabolic dysfunction–associated liver disease; MELD, Model for End-Stage Liver Disease; MetALD, metabolic dysfunction alcohol-associated liver disease; WL, waitlist. Correspondence Marina Serper, Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Civic Center Boulevard, 7th floor, Philadelphia, PA 19104. Email: [email protected]