Malnutrition is a common comorbidity in patients with cirrhosis. Its prognostic value is
indisputable as it greatly affects the evolution of liver diseases. It has a major impact on both …

Traditionally, the complications of cirrhosis, namely variceal bleeding, ascites and hepatic
encephalopathy, were thought to result predominantly from circulatory dysfunction and …

The natural history of cirrhosis is characterised by an asymptomatic compensated phase
followed by a decompensated phase, marked by the development of overt clinical signs, the …

Cirrhotic cardiomyopathy (CCM) is cardiac dysfunction in patients with end‐stage liver
disease in the absence of prior heart disease. First defined in 2005 during the World …

Background Cirrhotic cardiomyopathy refers to the structural and functional changes in the
heart leading to either impaired systolic, diastolic, electrocardiographic, and neurohormonal …

Introduction: Cirrhosis with portal hypertension and related complications are associated
with a high mortality. Excess of circulating vasodilators and cardiodepressive substances …

The present study aimed to investigate (1) the association between left ventricular diastolic
dysfunction (LVDD), graded according to the algorithm proposed by the Cirrhotic …

Liver diseases affect the heart and the vascular system. Cardiovascular complications
appear to be a leading cause of death in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease …

Results Adequate echocardiographic images permitting speckle tracking analysis were
available in 83 patients. No patient presented LVEF≤ 50%, GLS< 18% or> 22% was …

Abstract Background & Aims The underlying pathogenesis of cirrhotic cardiomyopathy
remains unclear. Structural myocardial changes including diffuse fibrosis may be involved …