When the heart kills the liver: Acute liver failure in congestive heart failure

European Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 541-546

  Saner, F H ^a   Heuer, M ^a   Meyer, M ^a   Canbay, A ^a   Sotiropoulos, G C ^a   Radtke, A ^a   Treckmann, J ^a   Beckebaum, S ^a   Dohna Schwake, C ^a   Oldedamink, S W ^b,c   Paul, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute liver failure; Congestive heart failure; Doppler ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; FEMALE; HEART INDEX; HUMAN; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FUNCTION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; SURVIVOR;

EID: 75149129514     PISSN: 09492321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2047-783x-14-12-541     Document Type: Article

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