Review Article
The End-Organ Impairment in Liver Cirrhosis: Appointments for Critical Care
Table 2
Definition of cirrhotic cardiomyopathy.
| Systolic dysfunction | (i) Blunted increase in cardiac output with stress (ii) Resting LVEF <55% |
| Diastolic dysfunction | (i) E/A ratio <1 (ii) Prolonged DT (>200 msec) (iii) Prolonged IVRT (>80 msec) |
| Supportive criteria | (i) Electrophysiological abnormalities (ii) Altered chronotropic response (iii) Electromechanical dyssynchrony (iv) Prolonged QTc (v) Enlarged LA (vi) Increased cardiac mass (vii) Increased BNP/proBNP (viii) Increased troponin I |
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