Open AccessCirrhotic cardiomyopathy: Isn’t stress evaluation always required for the diagnosis?
Author(s) -
Marco Antônio Barbosa,
Joana Guardado,
Carla Marinho,
Bruno Rosa,
Isabel Quelhas,
António Lourenço,
José Cotter
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
world journal of hepatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.913
H-Index - 55
ISSN - 1948-5182
DOI - 10.4254/wjh.v8.i3.200
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , qt interval , liver disease , diastole , dobutamine , cardiomyopathy , heart failure , blood pressure , hemodynamics
To describe the proportion of patients with cirrhotic cardiomyopathy (CCM) evaluated by stress echocardiography and investigating its association with the severity of liver disease.