title: [Cardiac cirrhosis of the liver].
abstract: The analysis of the authors' material showed that there was not a single case where the morphological changes in the liver could be interpreted as cirrhosis in the usual sense of the word. In most cases patients with the most severe and intractable syndrome of cardiac insufficiency characterized by a torpid course have combined liver damage. Along with marked circulatory disturbances in the liver, these cases may be characterized by the disorder of the absorptive excretary function of the liver induced by independent damaging factors (alcohol damage, viral hepatitis, cholelithiasis, etc.). This fact is of great practical significance and should be taken into account when administering therapy to such patients because it necessitates the use of drugs of the direct hepatotropic action.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D008102:Liver Circulation; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D008111:Liver Function Tests; D008875:Middle Aged
vernacular_title: K voprosu o kardial'nom tsirroze pecheni.