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Folia Med (Plovdiv)
; 64(5): 740-745, 2022 Oct 31.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-36876527
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION: Based on many previous studies, liver cirrhosis is traditionally associated with cardiac dysfunction. The main clinical features of cirrhotic cardiomyopathy include attenuated systolic contractility in response to physiologic or pharmacologic strain, diastolic dysfunction, electrical conductance abnormalities, and chronotropic incompetence. Previous studies have found that the levels of brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) and its precursor the N-terminal pro B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) are elevated in cirrhosis with systolic as well as diastolic dysfunction.