Recent Advances in the Diagnosis and Management of Cirrhosis-Associated Cardiomyopathy in Liver Transplant Candidates: Advanced Echo Imaging, Cardiac Biomarkers, and Advanced Heart Failure Therapies

Patients with end-stage liver disease in need of liver transplantation increasingly are older with a greater burden of cardiac disease and other co-morbidities, which may increase perioperative risk and adversely affect long-term prognosis. Cirrhosis of any etiology manifests hemodynamically as a st...

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Main Authors: Maryjane Farr, Paul Christian Schulze
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2014-01-01
Series:Clinical Medicine Insights: Cardiology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.4137/CMC.S15722