[Cirrhotic cardiomyopathy – Clinically fact or academic curiosity? Review. Part 2: ECG, functional tests, images, biomarkers, screening for coronary heart disease and differentianting diagnosis]

Abstract

The diagnosis of Cirrhotic Cardiomyopathy is based on severe hepatic cirrosis with deterioration of cardiac function without previous cardiopathy, but this is subclinical during a long time. In this second part we review the non-invasive diagnostic methods and their prognostic value in patients with or without hepatic transplant, from ECG to cardiac images of magnetic resonance.