Analogies and differences between cirrhotic cardiomyopathy and hepatopulmonary syndrome.

Autor: Zardi EM; Internistic Ultrasound Service, Campus Bio-Medico University, Rome, Italy., Giorgi C; Department of Radiology, S. Maria Della Misericordia Hospital, Urbino, Italy., Dobrina A; Department of Physiology and Pathology, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy., Vecile E; Department of Physiology and Pathology, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy., Zardi DM; Interventional Cardiology Department of S. Andrea Hospital, University 'La Sapienza', Rome, Italy.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Medicinal research reviews [Med Res Rev] 2021 Mar; Vol. 41 (2), pp. 739-753. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Nov 11.
DOI: 10.1002/med.21755
Abstrakt: Cirrhotic cardiomyopathy and hepatopulmonary syndrome are two quite frequent clinical entities that may complicate the course of liver cirrhosis. The common pathophysiological origin and the same clinical presentation make them difficult to compare. Cirrhotic cardiomyopathy and hepatopulmonary syndrome may start with dyspnea and breathlessness but the former is characterized by a chronic cardiac dysfunction and the latter by a defect of oxygenation due to pulmonary shunts formation. The focus is to differentiate them as soon as possible since the treatment is different until the patient undergoes liver transplant that is the real unique cure for them.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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