Cardiac involvement in non-cirrhotic portal hypertension: MRI detects myocardial fibrosis and oedema similar to compensated cirrhosis.

Alexander IsaakJohannes ChangNarine MesropyanDmitrij KravchenkoChristoph EndlerLeon BischoffNina BöhlingClaus C PieperDaniel KuettingChristian P StrassburgUlrike AttenbergerChristian JansenMichael PraktiknjoJulian Alexander Luetkens

Published in: European heart journal. Cardiovascular Imaging (2022)

MRI parameters of myocardial fibrosis and oedema were altered in participants with NCPH to a similar extent as in compensated cirrhosis and were associated with splenic markers of portal hypertension, indicating specific portal hypertensive cardiomyopathy.

Keyphrases

blood pressure
left ventricular
contrast enhanced
magnetic resonance imaging
heart failure
diffusion weighted imaging
computed tomography
atrial fibrillation