Diastolic Dysfunction Is a Predictor of Poor Survival in Patients with Decompensated Cirrhosis

Table 2

Baseline clinical, echocardiographic data in decompensated cirrhosis patients, classified based on ratio.

Parameters	()	()	value
Age in years			0.34
Hemoglobin (g/dl)			0.95
Albumin (g/dl)			0.01
Bilirubin (mg/dl)			0.009^#
INR in sec			0.001^#
Creatinine (mg/dl)			0.15^#
Child-Pugh score			0.01
MELD			0.001
Sodium (mEq/l)			0.76
LVEF			0.68
ratio			0.001
			0.001
DT			0.001
LAVI			0.001

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; ^# value calculated by the Mann–Whitney test.