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Liver Congestion Assessed by Hepatic Vein Waveforms in Patients With Heart Failure.
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- Correlative study of hepatic venous diameter/liver volume index and extent of hepatic steatosis in living related liver donors: a retrospective observational study.Clinical transplantation and research · 2026Article
- Assessment of Decongestion Status Before Discharge in Acute Decompensated Heart Failure: A Review of Clinical, Biochemical, and Imaging Tools and Their Impact on Management Decisions.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Review
- Imaging of Congestion in Cardio-renal Syndrome.Current heart failure reports · 2025Review
- Organ injury and its management in heart failure: Liver, kidney, and thyroid gland dysfunction.Fukushima journal of medical science · 2024Review
- The Importance of Venous Reflux Status Evaluation in the Intensive Care Unit.Aging and disease · 2024Review
- Prognostic significance of spleen shear wave elastography and dispersion in patients with heart failure: the crucial role of cardio-splenic axis.Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society · 2023Observational
- Hepatic Venous Stasis Index Reflects Hepatic Congestion and Predicts Adverse Outcomes in Patients With Heart Failure.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2023Article
- Persistent Hypochloremia Is Associated with Adverse Prognosis in Patients Repeatedly Hospitalized for Heart Failure.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Association between Hepatic Venous Congestion and Adverse Outcomes after Cardiac Surgery.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Association between Preoperative Retrograde Hepatic Vein Flow and Acute Kidney Injury after Cardiac Surgery.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundIt has been reported that the pattern of hepatic vein (HV) waveforms determined by abdominal ultrasonography is useful for the diagnosis of hepatic fibrosis in patients with chronic liver disease. We aim to clarify the clinical implications of HV waveform patterns in patients with heart failure (HF).
methodsWe measured HV waveforms in 350 HF patients, who were then classified into 3 categories based on their waveforms: those with a continuous pattern (C group); those whose V wave ran under the baseline (U group), and those with a reversed V wave (R group). We performed right-heart catheterization, and examined the rate of postdischarge cardiac events, such as cardiac death and rehospitalization due to worsening HF.
resultsThe number of patients in each of the 3 HV waveform groups was as follows: C group, n = 158; U group, n = 152, and R group, n = 40. The levels of B-type natriuretic peptide (R vs C and U; 245.8 vs 111.7 and 216.6 pg/mL;
conclusionAmong HF patients, those with reversed V waves had higher right atrial pressure and were at higher risk of adverse prognosis.
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