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[The cardiac activity in patients with liver cirrhosis based on the data from 24-hour ECG monitoring]
Klinicheskaia Meditsina
|January 1, 1992
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24-hour electrocardiogram (ECG) monitoring revealed significant cardiac performance abnormalities in hepatic cirrhosis patients, which were rare in healthy individuals. These findings highlight ECG
Area of Science:
- Cardiology
- Hepatology
- Medical Diagnostics
Context:
- Hepatic cirrhosis is a severe liver condition with known systemic complications.
- Cardiac dysfunction is increasingly recognized as a comorbidity in liver disease.
- Understanding cardiac changes in cirrhosis is crucial for patient management.
Purpose:
- To investigate cardiac performance using 24-hour electrocardiogram (ECG) monitoring in patients with hepatic cirrhosis.
- To compare ECG findings between hepatic cirrhosis patients and healthy controls.
- To identify specific temporal parameter abnormalities in cardiac function associated with cirrhosis.
Summary:
- 24-hour ECG monitoring was conducted on healthy subjects and patients diagnosed with hepatic cirrhosis.
- Abnormal ECG findings, indicative of cardiac issues, were infrequent in healthy individuals but common in the cirrhosis group.
- Patients with hepatic cirrhosis exhibited notable alterations in the time-related parameters of their cardiac performance.
Impact:
- This study underscores the high prevalence of cardiac abnormalities in hepatic cirrhosis patients.
- Findings suggest that 24-hour ECG monitoring can detect significant cardiac performance changes in cirrhosis.
- Results may inform clinical practice regarding cardiac assessment and monitoring in liver disease management.
Abstract:
24-h ECG monitoring was performed in healthy subjects and patients with hepatic cirrhosis. Abnormalities rare in healthy individuals and frequent in the patients were registered. Cirrhosis patients presented marked changes in time parameters of cardiac performance.