During the course of cirrhosis, there is a progressive deterioration of cardiac function manifested by the disappearance of the hyperdynamic circulation due to afailure in heart function with decreased cardiac output....During the course of cirrhosis, there is a progressive deterioration of cardiac function manifested by the disappearance of the hyperdynamic circulation due to afailure in heart function with decreased cardiac output. This is due to a deterioration in inotropic and chronotropic function which takes place in parallel with a diastolic dysfunction and cardiac hypertrophy in the absence of other known cardiac disease. Other findings of this specific cardiomyopathy include impaired contractile responsiveness to stress stimuli and electrophysiological abnormalities with prolonged QT interval. The pathogenic mechanisms of cirrhotic cardiomyopathy include impairment of the b-adrenergic receptor signalling, abnormal cardiomyocyte membrane lipid composition and biophysical properties, ion channel defects and overactivity of humoral cardiodepressant factors. Cirrhotic cardiomyopathy may be difficult to determine due to the lack of a specific diagnosis test. However, an echocardiogram allows the detection of the diastolic dysfunction and the E/e′ ratio may be used in the followup progression of the illness. Cirrhotic cardiomyopathy plays an important role in the pathogenesis of the impairment of effective arterial blood volume and correlates with the degree of liver failure. A clinical consequence of cardiac dysfunction is an inadequate cardiac response in the setting of vascular stress that may result in renal hypoperfusion leading to renal failure. The prognosis is difficult to establish but the severity of diastolic dysfunction may be a marker of mortality risk. Treatment is non-specific and liver transplantation may normalize the cardiac function.展开更多
Patients suffering from liver cirrhosis(LC) frequently require non-hepatic abdominal surgery,even before liver transplantation.LC is an important risk factor itself for surgery,due to the higher than average associate...Patients suffering from liver cirrhosis(LC) frequently require non-hepatic abdominal surgery,even before liver transplantation.LC is an important risk factor itself for surgery,due to the higher than average associated morbidity and mortality.This high surgical risk occurs because of the pathophysiology of liver disease itself and to the presence of contributing factors,such as coagulopathy,poor nutritional status,adaptive immune dysfunction,cirrhotic cardiomyopathy,and renal and pulmonary dysfunction,which all lead to poor outcomes.Careful evaluation of these factors and the degree of liver disease can help to reduce the development of complications both during and after abdominal surgery.In the emergency setting,with the presence of decompensated LC,alcoholic hepatitis,severe/advanced LC,and significant extrahepatic organ dysfunction conservative management is preferred.A multidisciplinary,individualized,and specialized approach can improve outcomes;preoperative optimization after risk stratification and careful management are mandatory before surgery.Laparoscopic techniques can also improve outcomes.We review the impact of LC on surgical outcome in non-hepatic abdominal surgeries required in this cirrhotic population before,during,and after surgery.展开更多
基金Supported by Grants from Fondo de Investigaciones Sanitarias(FIS 06/1082,in part)
文摘During the course of cirrhosis, there is a progressive deterioration of cardiac function manifested by the disappearance of the hyperdynamic circulation due to afailure in heart function with decreased cardiac output. This is due to a deterioration in inotropic and chronotropic function which takes place in parallel with a diastolic dysfunction and cardiac hypertrophy in the absence of other known cardiac disease. Other findings of this specific cardiomyopathy include impaired contractile responsiveness to stress stimuli and electrophysiological abnormalities with prolonged QT interval. The pathogenic mechanisms of cirrhotic cardiomyopathy include impairment of the b-adrenergic receptor signalling, abnormal cardiomyocyte membrane lipid composition and biophysical properties, ion channel defects and overactivity of humoral cardiodepressant factors. Cirrhotic cardiomyopathy may be difficult to determine due to the lack of a specific diagnosis test. However, an echocardiogram allows the detection of the diastolic dysfunction and the E/e′ ratio may be used in the followup progression of the illness. Cirrhotic cardiomyopathy plays an important role in the pathogenesis of the impairment of effective arterial blood volume and correlates with the degree of liver failure. A clinical consequence of cardiac dysfunction is an inadequate cardiac response in the setting of vascular stress that may result in renal hypoperfusion leading to renal failure. The prognosis is difficult to establish but the severity of diastolic dysfunction may be a marker of mortality risk. Treatment is non-specific and liver transplantation may normalize the cardiac function.
文摘Patients suffering from liver cirrhosis(LC) frequently require non-hepatic abdominal surgery,even before liver transplantation.LC is an important risk factor itself for surgery,due to the higher than average associated morbidity and mortality.This high surgical risk occurs because of the pathophysiology of liver disease itself and to the presence of contributing factors,such as coagulopathy,poor nutritional status,adaptive immune dysfunction,cirrhotic cardiomyopathy,and renal and pulmonary dysfunction,which all lead to poor outcomes.Careful evaluation of these factors and the degree of liver disease can help to reduce the development of complications both during and after abdominal surgery.In the emergency setting,with the presence of decompensated LC,alcoholic hepatitis,severe/advanced LC,and significant extrahepatic organ dysfunction conservative management is preferred.A multidisciplinary,individualized,and specialized approach can improve outcomes;preoperative optimization after risk stratification and careful management are mandatory before surgery.Laparoscopic techniques can also improve outcomes.We review the impact of LC on surgical outcome in non-hepatic abdominal surgeries required in this cirrhotic population before,during,and after surgery.
