Myocardial structural and functional changes in patients with liver cirrhosis awaiting liver transplantation: a comprehensive cardiovascular magnetic resonance and echocardiographic study

Myocardial structural and functional changes in patients with liver cirrhosis awaiting liver transplantation: a comprehensive cardiovascular magnetic resonance and echocardiographic study

Abstract Background Cardiac dysfunction is increasingly recognized in patients with liver cirrhosis. Nevertheless, the presence or absence of structural alterations such as diffuse myocardial fibrosis remains unclear. We aimed to investigate myocardial structural changes in cirrhosis, and explore le...

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Main Authors: Hyue Mee Kim, Hyung-Kwan Kim, Jeong-Hoon Lee, Yun Bin Lee, Eun-Ah Park, Jun-Bean Park, Seung-Pyo Lee, Yoon Jun Kim, Yong-Jin Kim, Jung-Hwan Yoon, Dae-Won Sohn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-04-01
Series:Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance
Subjects:
Extracellular volume fraction
Cardiovascular magnetic resonance
Left ventricle
Global longitudinal strain
Cirrhosis
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12968-020-00622-2

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