Abstract
Liver disease is a common sequela of heart failure and can range from mild reversible liver injury to hepatic fibrosis and, in its most severe form, cardiac cirrhosis. Hepatic fibrosis and cirrhosis due to chronic heart failure have important implications for prognosis, medication management, mechanical circulatory support, and heart transplantation. This article reviews the current understanding of liver disease in heart failure and provides a framework for approaching liver disease in the advanced heart failure population.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 349-361 |
Number of pages | 13 |
Journal | Heart Failure Clinics |
Volume | 12 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jul 1 2016 |
Keywords
- Advanced heart failure
- Chronic heart failure
- Cirrhosis
- Heart transplantation
- Hepatic fibrosis
- Hepatitis C
- Liver disease
- Mechanical circulatory support
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine