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Aim of the study: Prevalence and prognostic relevance of cirrhotic cardiomyopathy (CCM), as defined according to the new core criteria proposed in 2019, are still unknown. We investigated this relevant issue in a large cohort of cirrhotic patients. Material and methods: We retrospectively interrogated a data set of 162 collected cirrhotic patients followed up for at least 6 years, who underwent standard Doppler echocardiography and were compared with 46 healthy subjects. Left ventricular (LV) geometry, systo-diastolic function, global longitudinal strain and the main hemodynamic parameters were assessed according to current guidelines. Systolic dysfunction was diagnosed if LV ejection fraction (LVEF) ≤ 50% and/or global longitudinal strain (GLS) < 18% or > 22%. Results: Adequate echocardiographic images permitting speckle tracking analysis were available in 83 patients. No patient presented LVEF ≤ 50%, GLS < 18% or > 22% was evident in 25%, advanced diastolic dysfunction was evident in 10%. Overall the prevalence of CCM was 29%. Patients with and without CCM presented similar clinical, biochemical, hemodynamic and echocardiographic features at baseline and similar incidence of death or type 1 hepatorenal syndrome at follow-up. Conclusions: According to the new criteria CCM is detected in 29%, mainly due to altered GLS at rest, but without prognostic relevance and therefore useless for the clinical management of cirrhotic patients. We propose to modify the criteria by removing the LVEF assessment and adding also a stress test assessing the cardiac contractile reserve to distinguish patients with a blunted cardiac response, which could present a worst prognosis.
Aim of the study: Prevalence and prognostic relevance of cirrhotic cardiomyopathy (CCM), as defined according to the new core criteria proposed in 2019, are still unknown. We investigated this relevant issue in a large cohort of cirrhotic patients. Material and methods: We retrospectively interrogated a data set of 162 collected cirrhotic patients followed up for at least 6 years, who underwent standard Doppler echocardiography and were compared with 46 healthy subjects. Left ventricular (LV) geometry, systo-diastolic function, global longitudinal strain and the main hemodynamic parameters were assessed according to current guidelines. Systolic dysfunction was diagnosed if LV ejection fraction (LVEF) ≤ 50% and/or global longitudinal strain (GLS) < 18% or > 22%. Results: Adequate echocardiographic images permitting speckle tracking analysis were available in 83 patients. No patient presented LVEF ≤ 50%, GLS < 18% or > 22% was evident in 25%, advanced diastolic dysfunction was evident in 10%. Overall the prevalence of CCM was 29%. Patients with and without CCM presented similar clinical, biochemical, hemodynamic and echocardiographic features at baseline and similar incidence of death or type 1 hepatorenal syndrome at follow-up. Conclusions: According to the new criteria CCM is detected in 29%, mainly due to altered GLS at rest, but without prognostic relevance and therefore useless for the clinical management of cirrhotic patients. We propose to modify the criteria by removing the LVEF assessment and adding also a stress test assessing the cardiac contractile reserve to distinguish patients with a blunted cardiac response, which could present a worst prognosis.
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