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Dilated Cardiomyopathy: An Infrequent Cause of Posthepatic Portal Hypertension

Author(s) -

Lasya,

N Gnanasekaran,

Venkata Sai

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

journal of medical ultrasound

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.311

H-Index - 14

eISSN - 2212-1552

pISSN - 0929-6441

DOI - 10.1016/j.jmu.2013.01.007

Subject(s) - medicine , dilated cardiomyopathy , portal hypertension , cardiology , inferior vena cava , portal vein , cardiomyopathy , heart failure , cirrhosis

Dilated cardiomyopathy is an infrequently encountered cause of posthepatic portal hypertension. In this case study, a patient presented with dilated cardiomyopathy with features of portal hypertension. Dilated portal and splenic veins with bidirectional flow, multiple portosystemic, and pelvic collaterals were observed. Grossly dilated inferior vena cava and hepatic veins with prominent right atrial pulsatality variations were also observed. While cardiomyopathy is described in literature as one of the causes of posthepatic portal hypertension, it is seldom documented

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