Key words: Cirrhotic echocardiography criteria, 6 minutes walking test
MethodologyHundred patients with cirrhosis (alcoholic and non-alcoholic) were enrolled. Data collection was done by clinical history, examination, investigations. All subjects underwent Echocardiography study at rest and stress i.e. 6 minutes walking test. Observation and ResultsPrevalence of cirrhotic cardiomyopathy in my study was 91.42%. Systolic dysfunction-At the time of stress, ejection fraction was 59.78± 5.767 in cirrhotic cardiomyopathy and 67±3.786 in non-cirrhotic cardiomyopathy subjects. P value was 0.02.
BACKGROUNDThe word cirrhosis comes from the Greek word kirrhos, which means orange yellow. 1 Cirrhosis is a chronic disease of the liver in which diffuse destruction and regeneration of hepatic parenchymal cells and diffuse increase in connective tissue has resulted in disorganisation of the lobular architecture, which leads to various complications such as portal hypertension and its sequelae including gastro-oesophageal varices and splenomegaly, thrombocytopaenia, etc.The aim of this study is to study the correlation of portal vein diameter, splenomegaly and thrombocytopaenia with gastrooesophageal varices in cirrhotic patients.
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