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[Cirrhotic cardiomyopathy – Clinically fact or academic curiosity? Review. Part 2: ECG, functional tests, images, biomarkers, screening for coronary heart disease and differentianting diagnosis]

Hugo RamosMario Altieri
Published in: Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias Medicas (Cordoba, Argentina) (2024)
The diagnosis of Cirrhotic Cardiomyopathy is based on severe hepatic cirrosis with deterioration of cardiac function without previous cardiopathy, but this is subclinical during a long time. In this second part we review the non-invasive diagnostic methods and their prognostic value in patients with or without hepatic transplant, from ECG to cardiac images of magnetic resonance.
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