DOCICAR: Cardiac Dysfunction in Cirrhosis

Hvidovre University Hospital

Overview

Patients with cirrhosis have a altered cardiac response to stress. This study evaluate the cardiac response by MRI during dobutamine stress. Hypothesis: impared increase in cardiac output, cardiac index, ejection fraction.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Conditions

Cirrhosis Cirrhotic Cardiomyopathy

Interventions

DobutamineDRUG

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 75 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Non alkoholic cirrhosis Exclusion Criteria: * Coma hepaticum * Primary cardiac diseases

Locations (1)

Hvidovre University Hospital

Copenhagen, Hvidovre, Denmark

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