Vol. 34 (Suppl 2) 2013 Neuro endocrinology letters

Alcoholic liver cirrhosis increases the risk of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction.

OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to prove that the incidence of the more unusual and largely under-researched cardiac dysfunction, i.e. diastolic, is more frequent in patients with alcoholic cirrhosis. Comparison of the incidence of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in medical-ward patients with no prior history of cardiovascu.....