Is the immediate reversal of diastolic dysfunction of cirrhotic cardiomyopathy after liver transplantation a sign of the metabolic etiology?

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1417-1419

  Fukazawa, Kyota ^a   Gologorsky, Edward ^a   Manmohansingh, Vinaya ^a   Nishida, Seigo ^a   Vigoda, Michael M ^a   Pretto Jr , Ernesto A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BRAIN DISEASE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

CARDIOMYOPATHIES; HEART FAILURE, DIASTOLIC; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REMISSION INDUCTION;

EID: 72949118616     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.21861     Document Type: Article

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