Research Article
Diastolic Dysfunction Is a Predictor of Poor Survival in Patients with Decompensated Cirrhosis
Table 1
Demographic, clinical and echocardiographic data of decompensated cirrhotic patients enrolled in the study.
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Abbreviations: LVDD: left ventricular diastolic dysfunction; HBV: hepatitis B virus; HCV: hepatitis C virus; INR: international normalized ratio; MELD: model for end-stage liver disease; LVEF: left ventricle ejection fraction; DT: deceleration time of E wave; ratio, ratio of early diastolic annular velocity to peak early diastolic annular wave velocity; ratio: ratio of early diastolic annular velocity to peak late diastolic arterial filling velocity; LAVI: left atrium volume index. |