Association of echocardiography-related parameters with the prognosis of decompensated cirrhosis : a retrospective cohort study

BACKGROUND: Cardiac morphology and function, which are conventionally evaluated by echocardiography, are often abnormal in decompensated cirrhosis. We aimed to evaluate the association of echocardiography-related parameters with prognosis in cirrhosis.

METHODS: This retrospective study included 104 decompensated cirrhotic patients, in whom cardiac structure and function were measured by echocardiography, including mitral inflow early diastolic velocity/mitral inflow late diastolic velocity (E/A), left atrium diameter, left ventricular end-diastolic dimension, interventricular septal thickness, left ventricular posterior wall thickness, right atrial transverse diameter, right atrial longitudinal diameter, right ventricular dimension (RVD), stroke volume, cardiac output, left ventricular ejection fraction, and fractional shortening. Cox regression and competing risk analyses and Kaplan-Meier and Nelson-Aalen cumulative risk curves were used to evaluate their associations with further decompensation and death in cirrhotic patients, if appropriate.

RESULTS: Lower RVD was a predictor of further decompensation in Cox regression (adjusted by Child-Pugh score: p = 0.138; adjusted by MELD score: p = 0.034) and competing risk analyses (p = 0.003), and RVD ≤17 mm was significantly associated with higher cumulative incidence of further decompensation in Kaplan-Meier (p = 0.002) and Nelson-Aalen cumulative risk curves (p = 0.002). E/A ≤ 0.8 was a significant predictor of death in Cox regression (adjusted by Child-Pugh score: p = 0.041; adjusted by MELD score: p = 0.045) and competing risk analyses (p = 0.024), and E/A ≤ 0.8 was significantly associated with higher cumulative incidence of death in Kaplan-Meier (p = 0.023) and Nelson-Aalen cumulative risk curves (p = 0.024). Other echocardiography-related parameters were not significantly associated with further decompensation or death.

CONCLUSION: RVD and E/A may be considered for the prognostic assessment of decompensated cirrhosis.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:40

Enthalten in:

Current medical research and opinion - 40(2024), 4 vom: 17. Apr., Seite 613-620

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wang, Weiwei [VerfasserIn]
Dong, Liyan [VerfasserIn]
Gao, Yue [VerfasserIn]
Gao, Fangbo [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Zhongchao [VerfasserIn]
Ding, Min [VerfasserIn]
Gu, Chunru [VerfasserIn]
Li, Zhe [VerfasserIn]
Yin, Yue [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Menghua [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Hongxin [VerfasserIn]
Li, Hongyu [VerfasserIn]
Qi, Xingshun [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Cirrhotic cardiomyopathy
Echocardiography
Further decompensation
Journal Article
Liver cirrhosis
Prognosis
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 03.04.2024

Date Revised 19.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/03007995.2024.2319821

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM368600009