Features of Cirrhotic Cardiomyopathy Early in the Lives of Infants With Biliary Atresia Correlate With Outcomes Following Kasai Portoenterostomy

• Published in: Hepatology communications Vol. 6; no. 6; pp. 1413 - 1424
• Main Authors: Morrison, Jhavene, Ferguson, Eric, Figueroa, Janet, Karpen, Saul J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Wolters Kluwer Health Medical Research, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 01.06.2022; John Wiley and Sons Inc; Wolters Kluwer Health/LWW
• Subjects: Age; Aged, 80 and over; Biliary Atresia - complications; Cardiomyopathies - diagnostic imaging; Cardiomyopathy; Child, Preschool; Ejection fraction; Hepatology; Humans; Infant; Intensive care; Liver Cirrhosis - epidemiology; Liver diseases; Liver transplants; Original; Patients; Pediatrics; Portoenterostomy, Hepatic - adverse effects; Retrospective Studies; Variables; Variance analysis; Atlanta Georgia; United States > US

Cirrhotic cardiomyopathy (CCM), detected during two‐dimensional echocardiography (2DE), is prevalent in patients with biliary atresia (BA) awaiting transplant. Whether CCM occurs early in the lives of infants with BA is unknown. The aim of this study was to explore the incidence and consequence of C...