Why the study?
Most studies on cardiac dysfunction in cirrhosis focus on left ventricular dysfunction, leaving right ventricular function less studied.
Do patients with cirrhosis have impaired right ventricular function compared to healthy controls?
Do patients with cirrhosis have impaired right ventricular function compared to healthy controls?
Patients with cirrhosis exhibit subclinical biventricular dysfunction, including reduced right ventricular global longitudinal strain, compared to healthy controls.
Biventricular assessment including RV function may refine cirrhosis evaluation; leaves open its prognostic utility and clinical adoption.
Aim: The majority of studies on cardiac dysfunction in patients with cirrhosis are associated with left ventricular (LV) myocardial dysfunction, with fewer studies on right ventricular (RV) function. The aims of this study were to evaluate biventricular function, particularly RV function, in patients with cirrhosis and investigate its relationship with disease severity. Methods: We included 50 hospitalized and ambulatory patients with cirrhosis and 33 healthy controls. Echocardiographic evaluation was performed with speckle-tracking analysis. Liver disease was graded according to Child-Pugh and Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) scores. Results: In our study, the most prevalent etiology of cirrhosis was viral hepatitis (60%), followed by non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (24%). RV-global longitudinal strain (GLS) and LV ejection fraction (EF) values were lower in patients with cirrhosis compared to the control group (both, P=0.001). LVEF was
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