Impaired Cardiac Reserve on Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography Predicts the Development of Hepatorenal Syndrome

Autor: Benjamin Cailes, Anoop N Koshy, Jay Ramchand, Omar Farouque, Paul J Gow, Adam G Testro, Jithin K. Sajeev, Elizabeth F Jones, Piyush M Srivastava, Han S. Lim, Hui-Chen Han, Hamid Salehi, Paul Calafiore, Andrew W. Teh
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: American Journal of Gastroenterology. 115:388-397
ISSN: 1572-0241
0002-9270
DOI: 10.14309/ajg.0000000000000462
Popis: OBJECTIVES: Cardiac dysfunction has been implicated in the genesis of hepatorenal syndrome (HRS). It is unclear whether a low cardiac output (CO) or attenuated contractile response to hemodynamic stress can predict its occurrence. We studied cardiovascular hemodynamics in cirrhosis and assessed whether a diminished cardiac reserve with stress testing predicted the development of HRS on follow-up. METHODS: Consecutive patients undergoing liver transplant workup with dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE) were included. CO was measured at baseline and during low-dose dobutamine infusion at 10 μg/kg/min. HRS was diagnosed using guideline-based criteria. RESULTS: A total of 560 patients underwent DSE, of whom 488 were included after preliminary assessment. There were 64 (13.1%) patients with established HRS. The HRS cohort had a higher baseline CO (8.0 ± 2 vs 6.9 ± 2 L/min; P < 0.001) and demonstrated a blunted response to low-dose dobutamine (ΔCO 29 ± 22% vs 44 ± 32%, P < 0.001) driven primarily by inotropic incompetence. Optimal cutpoint for ΔCO in patients with HRS was determined to be
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