Cirrhotic cardiomyopathy: is there any correlation between the stage of cardiac impairment and the severity of liver disease?

Cirrhotic cardiomyopathy: is there any correlation between the stage of cardiac impairment and the severity of liver disease?

Cirrhotic cardiomyopathy is associated with poor prognosis and risk of acute heart failure after liver transplantation or interventional procedures. We aimed to assess the relationship between the severity of cardiac impairment and hepatic disease. Eighty patients and eighty controls underwent echoc...

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Main Authors: Rania Hammami, Mouna Boudabbous, Jihen Jdidi, Fatma Trabelsi, Fakher Mroua, Rahma Kallel, Ali Amouri, Dorra Abid, Nabil Tahri, Leila Abid, Samir Kammoun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2017-01-01
Series:Libyan Journal of Medicine
Subjects:
Cirrhotic cardiomyopathy
speckle tracking
diastolic function
systolic function
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19932820.2017.1283162

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19932820.2017.1283162

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