Assessment of cardiovascular physiology using dobutamine stress cardiovascular magnetic resonance reveals impaired contractile reserve in patients with cirrhotic cardiomyopathy
2015; BioMed Central; Volume: 17; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1186/s12968-015-0157-6
ISSN1532-429X
AutoresFrancisco Sampaio, Pablo Lamata, Nuno Bettencourt, Sophie Charlotte Alt, Nuno Ferreira, Johannes T. Kowallick, Joana Pimenta, Shelby Kutty, José Carlos Soares de Fraga, Michael Steinmetz, Paulo Bettencourt, Vasco Gama, Andreas Schuster,
Tópico(s)Liver Disease and Transplantation
ResumoLiver cirrhosis has been shown to affect cardiac performance. However cardiac dysfunction may only be revealed under stress conditions. The value of non-invasive stress tests in diagnosing cirrhotic cardiomyopathy is unclear. We sought to investigate the response to pharmacological stimulation with dobutamine in patients with cirrhosis using cardiovascular magnetic resonance.
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