Cardiohepatic syndrome.
Accumulating evidence shows that acute as well as chronic heart disease can directly contribute to an acute or chronic worsening of liver function and vice versa. Description and definition of cardiohepatic syndrome (CHS) in this review are based on the cardiorenal syndrome (CRS) concept. The eye-catching analogy between CHS and CRS is applied to facilitate an understanding of the pathophysiology and overall burden of disease for each of the proposed CHS subtypes, their natural course, and associated morbidity and mortality.
Clinical Division of Cardiology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria, gerhard.poelzl@uki.at.
Gerhard
G
Poelzl
Johann
J
Auer
D002908:Chronic Disease; D019468:Disease Management; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D017093:Liver Failure / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D011379:Prognosis; D013577:Syndrome