Cardiac function in patients with early cirrhosis during maximal beta-adrenergic drive: a dobutamine stress study.

Cardiac dysfunction in patients with early cirrhosis is debated. We investigated potential cardiac dysfunction by assessing left ventricular systolic performance during a dobutamine stress test in patients with early cirrhosis.Nineteen patients with Child A and B cirrhosis (9 with non-alcoholic cirr...

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Main Authors: Aleksander Krag, Flemming Bendtsen, Emilie Kristine Dahl, Andreas Kjær, Claus Leth Petersen, Søren Møller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4184863?pdf=render