Description Module
The Description Module contains narrative descriptions of the clinical trial, including a brief summary and detailed description. These descriptions provide important information about the study's purpose, methodology, and key details in language accessible to both researchers and the general public.
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Description Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-24 @ 4:32 PM
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2025-12-24 @ 4:32 PM
NCT ID:
NCT06095466
Brief Summary:
Cirrhotic cardiomyopathy is associated with increased risk of complications like hepatorenal syndrome, refractory ascites, impaired response to stressors including sepsis, bleeding or transplantation, poor health related quality of life and increased morbidity and mortality. Left ventricular diastolic dysfunction (LVDD) is associated with risk of hepatorenal syndrome (HRS) , septic shock. , heart failure in the perioperative period following liver transplantation, and after trans-jugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) insertion . The echocardiographic E/e' ratio is a predictor of survival in LVDD, with multiple studies, including prospective data from our Centre.
Detailed Description:
The inability of the heart to cope with stress or sepsis induced circulatory failure is a key concept of the increased mortality risk due to LVDD. In view of the metabolic syndrome and diabetes epidemic and an increasing number of patients being diagnosed with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, there is increased risk of developing cardiac dysfunction due to multiple comorbidities including coronary artery disease, hypertensive heart disease, cirrhotic cardiomyopathy, which are contributors to overall cardiovascular risk of mortality.
In this project the investigators will screen critically ill patients with cirrhosis admitted to the intensive care unit for presence of cirrhotic cardiomyopathy and perform point-of-care echocardiography, electrocardiography, and cardiorenal biomarker tests for determination of outcomes in CCM. In patients who do not survive, the cardiac histology will be assessed by ultrasound guided myocardial biopsy to assess degree of inflammation and fibrosis in CCM.
Study:
NCT06095466
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT06095466