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Liver Stiffness Reflecting Right-Sided Filling Pressure Can Predict Adverse Outcomes in Patients With Heart Failure
Author(s) -
Tatsunori Taniguchi,
Tomohito Ohtani,
Hidetaka Kioka,
Yasumasa Tsukamoto,
Toshinari Onishi,
Kei Nakamoto,
Themistoklis Katsimichas,
Kaoruko Sengoku,
Misato Chimura,
Haruko Hashimoto,
Osamu Yamaguchi,
Yoshiki Sawa,
Yasushi Sakata
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
jacc. cardiovascular imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.79
H-Index - 120
eISSN - 1936-878X
pISSN - 1876-7591
DOI - 10.1016/j.jcmg.2017.10.022
Subject(s) - interquartile range , medicine , cardiology , hazard ratio , transient elastography , heart failure , confidence interval , hematocrit , central venous pressure , ejection fraction , inferior vena cava , heart failure with preserved ejection fraction , blood pressure , surgery , heart rate , cirrhosis , liver fibrosis
This study sought to investigate whether elevated liver stiffness (LS) values at discharge reflect residual liver congestion and are associated with worse outcomes in patients with heart failure (HF).

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