Background Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia and its management in
cirrhosis can be challenging due to the altered hepatic metabolism of medications and …

Cirrhosis-induced heart injury and cardiomyopathy is a serious consequence of this
disease. It has been shown that bile duct ligated (BDL) animals could serve as an …

The hyperdynamic syndrome is a late consequence of portal hypertension in cirrhosis. The
principal hemodynamic manifestations of the hyperdynamic syndrome are high cardiac …

Cirrhosis transcends various progressive stages from compensation to decompensation
driven by the severity of portal hypertension. The downstream effect of increasing portal …

Hemodynamic instability (HDI) during liver transplantation (LT) can be difficult to manage
and increases postoperative morbidity and mortality. In addition to surgical causes of HDI …

Cirrhotic cardiomyopathy and the hyperdynamic syndrome are clinically important
complications of cirrhosis, but their exact pathogenesis is still partly unknown. Experimental …

Background Cardiac dysfunction is increasingly recognized in patients with liver cirrhosis.
Nevertheless, the presence or absence of structural alterations such as diffuse myocardial …

Inactivating mutations of axis inhibition protein 1 (AXIN1), a negative regulator of the Wnt/β‐
Catenin cascade, are among the common genetic events in human hepatocellular …

The role of ventricular dysfunction in late morbidity and mortality of univentricular hearts has
been described previously. However, a significant proportion of adult Fontan patients who …

Involvement of the cardiovascular system in patients with end-stage liver disease (ESLD) is
well recognized and may be seen in several scenarios in adult liver transplantation (LT) …