Cirrhosis, Cirrhotic Cardiomyopathy
Conditions
Brief summary
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.
Interventions
DRUGDobutamine
Sponsors
Hvidovre University Hospital
Study design
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 75 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Non alkoholic cirrhosis
Exclusion criteria
* Coma hepaticum * Primary cardiac diseases
Countries
Denmark
Outcome results
None listed