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Anesthetic management during the first combined heart-liver transplant performed in Korea: a case report [PDF]

open access: yesKorean Journal of Anesthesiology, 2017
Herein, we describe the anesthetic management during the first combined heart-liver transplant (CHLT) performed in Korea. Though CHLT is a rare procedure, accumulating evidence suggests that it is a feasible option for patients with coexisting heart and ...
Hyejin Park   +3 more
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Congestive hepatopathy secondary to graves’ disease: a case report

open access: yes, 2022
International audienceGraves’ disease is a common cause of hyperthyroidism in iodine-sufficient parts of the world. Excessive thyroid hormone is known to have multiple effects on various organs, including the liver. We reported a case of 49-year old male
Wirawan, I. Made Suma   +1 more
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Case report: Constrictive pericarditis after coronary artery perforation during percutaneous coronary intervention

open access: yesFrontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2023
A 77-year-old man underwent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) at the right coronary artery, which was complicated by coronary artery perforation (CAP). After prolonged balloon tamponade proximal to the CAP there was no more contrast extravasation,
Kyung An Kim   +4 more
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Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension and Consecutive Right Heart Failure Lead to Liver Fibrosis

open access: yesFrontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2022
Hepatic congestion occurs in patients with right heart failure and can ultimately lead to liver fibrosis or cardiac cirrhosis. Elevated pulmonary arterial pressure is found in patients with hepatic congestion.
Florian Hamberger   +9 more
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Surgical Correction of Carcinoid Heart Disease Improves Liver Function and 5-Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid Levels

open access: yesFrontiers in Surgery, 2022
IntroductionCarcinoid heart disease (CHD) is a consequence of neuroendocrine tumors releasing 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) into the systemic circulation, affecting right heart valves, causing fibrosis, and eventually right heart failure.
Husnain Abbas Shah   +13 more
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Repair of pectus excavatum in a patient with an Eloesser thoracostomy window: sequential extrapleural Nuss procedure and modified Ravitch procedure

open access: yesJournal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2022
A 28-year-old man with a history of tuberculous empyema and pectus excavatum visited our hospital for progressive dyspnea and leg edema. The patient had undergone an Eloesser window operation for repetitive pleuro-cutaneous fistula due to chronic ...
Jung Wook Han   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Fontan-associated Liver Disease in Adults: What a Cardiologist Needs to Know. A Comprehensive Review for Clinical Practitioners

open access: yesUS Cardiology Review, 2022
Nowadays most patients with a univentricular heart after Fontan repair survive until adulthood. One of the hallmarks of Fontan circulation is permanently elevated central venous pressure, which leads to congestive hepatopathy.
Aleksandra Cieplucha   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Inflammation in Cardiogenic Liver Disease [PDF]

open access: yesJACC: Basic to Translational Science
Amrut V. Ambardekar, MD   +1 more
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Prognostic Implication of Liver Function Tests in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction Without Chronic Hepatic Diseases: Insight From TOPCAT Trial

open access: yesFrontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2021
Background: Liver dysfunction is prevalent in patients with heart failure (HF), but the prognostic significance of liver function tests (LFTs) remains controversial. Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) had been introduced for some time,
Weihao Liang   +19 more
doaj   +1 more source

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