[PDF][PDF] Diastolic dysfunction is a predictor of poor outcomes in patients with cirrhosis, portal hypertension, and a normal creatinine

L Ruíz‐del‐Árbol, L Achécar, R Serradilla… - …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
We investigated left ventricular diastolic dysfunction (LVDD) and its relationship with
circulatory function and prognosis in cirrhosis with portal hypertension and normal …

Diastolic cardiac dysfunction is a predictor of dismal prognosis in patients with liver cirrhosis

DS Karagiannakis, J Vlachogiannakos… - Hepatology …, 2014 - Springer
Background and purpose Left ventricular diastolic dysfunction (LVDD) constitutes the
prominent characteristic of cirrhotic cardiomyopathy, but its relevance on the clinical course …

LEFT ventricular function assessed by echocardiography in cirrhosis: relationship to systemic hemodynamics and renal dysfunction

A Nazar, M Guevara, M Sitges, C Terra, E Solà… - Journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND & AIMS: The current study aimed at assessing the potential role of cardiac
abnormalities in the pathogenesis of circulatory and renal dysfunction in cirrhosis …

Left ventricular diastolic function in liver cirrhosis

G Finucci, A Desideri, D Sacerdoti… - Scandinavian journal …, 1996 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Left ventricular systolic abnormalities have been reported in liver cirrhosis (LC).
Diastolic function in cirrhotics, on the contrary, does not seem to have been studied so far …

Diastolic dysfunction in cirrhosis

S Møller, S Wiese, H Halgreen, JD Hove - Heart failure reviews, 2016 - Springer
Abstract Development of esophageal varices, ascites, and hepatic nephropathy is among
the major complications of cirrhosis. The presence of cirrhotic cardiomyopathy, which …

Cardiac dysfunction in portal hypertension among patients with cirrhosis and non-cirrhotic portal fibrosis

K De Binay, D Majumdar, D Das, PK Biswas… - Journal of …, 2003 - Elsevier
Background/Aims: In cirrhosis, diastolic dysfunction of heart is well documented.
Contribution of portal hypertension towards cardiac changes in cirrhosis is difficult to assess …

Diastolic myocardial dysfunction does not affect survival in patients with cirrhosis

A Alexopoulou, G Papatheodoridis… - Transplant …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Left ventricular diastolic dysfunction (DDF) has been considered as a component of cirrhotic
cardiomyopathy. The clinical significance of DDF in cirrhotics has not been clarified. We …

Systolic and diastolic dysfunction in cirrhosis: a tissue‐Doppler and speckle tracking echocardiography study

F Sampaio, J Pimenta, N Bettencourt… - Liver …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background & Aims Cardiac dysfunction has been described in patients with
cirrhosis. Conventional echocardiographic methods are frequently unable to detect …

Arterial vasodilation is not the cause of increased cardiac output in cirrhosis

FW Lewis, O Adair, WG Rector Jr - Gastroenterology, 1992 - Elsevier
A pathological state of arterial vasodilation has been postulated to cause the increased
cardiac output commonly observed in cirrhosis. Further, subsequent arterial underfilling has …

[HTML][HTML] Diastolic dysfunction characterizes cirrhotic cardiomyopathy

PO Somani, AS Chaurasia, PM Rathi - Indian heart journal, 2014 - Elsevier
Aim Present study aims to study the occurrence of cirrhotic cardiomyopathy and its
correlation to hepatorenal syndrome by assessing the cardiac status in patients with …