BACKGROUND Liver cirrhosis is a chronic hepatic disease which is associated with cardiovascular abnormalities.Hyperdynamic circulation in liver cirrhosis causes functional and structural cardiac alterations.The preval...BACKGROUND Liver cirrhosis is a chronic hepatic disease which is associated with cardiovascular abnormalities.Hyperdynamic circulation in liver cirrhosis causes functional and structural cardiac alterations.The prevalence of left ventricle diastolic dysfunction(LVDD)in cirrhotic patients ranges from 25.7%to as high as 81.4%as reported in different studies.In several studies the severity of diastolic dysfunction(DD)correlated with a degree of liver failure and the rate of dysfunction was higher in patients with decompensated cirrhosis compared with compensated.Future directions of comprehensive assessment of cardiac function in cirrhotic patients might provide a better prognosis for these patients.AIM To clarify the correlation between the severity of liver cirrhosis and left ventricle diastolic dysfunction in the existing literature.METHODS Through January and February of 2019 at Vilnius University we conducted a systematic review of the global existing literature on the prevalence of left ventricle diastolic dysfunction in patients with liver cirrhosis.We searched for articles in PubMed,Medline and Web of science databases.Articles were selected by using adequate inclusion and exclusion criteria.Our interest was the outcome of likely correlation between the severity of cirrhosis[evaluated by Child-Pugh classes,Model For End-Stage Liver Disease(MELD)scores]and left ventricle diastolic dysfunction[classified according to American Society of Echocardiography(ASE)guidelines(2009,2016)],as well as relative risk of dysfunction in cirrhotic patients.Subgroup analyses were performed to evaluate the ratio and grades of left ventricle diastolic dysfunction with respect to cirrhosis severity.RESULTS A total of 1149 articles and abstracts met the initial search criteria.Sixteen articles which met the predefined eligibility criteria were included in the final analysis.Overall,1067 patients(out of them 723 men)with liver cirrhosis were evaluated for left ventricle diastolic dysfunction.In our systemic analysis we have found that 51.2%of cirrhotic patients had left ventricle diastolic dysfunction diagnosed and the grade 1 was the most prevalent(59.2%,P<0.001)among them,the grade 3 had been rarely diagnosed-only 5.1%.The data about the prevalence of diastolic dysfunction in cirrhotic patients depending on Child-Pugh Classes was available from 5 studies(365 patients overall)and only in 1 research diastolic dysfunction was found being associated with severity of liver cirrhosis(P<0.005).We established that diastolic dysfunction was diagnosed in 44.6%of Child-Pugh A class patients,in 62%of Child B class and in 63.3%of Child C patients(P=0.028).The proportion of patients with higher diastolic dysfunction grades increases in more severe cirrhosis presentation(P<0.001).There was no difference between mean MELD scores in patients with and without diastolic dysfunction and in different diastolic dysfunction groups.In all studies diastolic dysfunction was more frequent in patients with ascites.CONCLUSION This systemic analysis suggests that left ventricle diastolic dysfunction is an attribute of liver cirrhosis which has not received sufficient attention from clinicians so far.Future suggestions of a comprehensive assessment of cardiac function in cirrhotic patients might provide a better prognosis for these patients and give hint for better understanding of the left ventricle diastolic dysfunction pathogenesis in liver cirrhosis.展开更多
BACKGROUND Extragastric lesions are typically not misdiagnosed as gastric submucosal tumor(SMT).However,we encountered two rare cases where extrinsic lesions were misdiagnosed as gastric SMTs.CASE SUMMARY We describe ...BACKGROUND Extragastric lesions are typically not misdiagnosed as gastric submucosal tumor(SMT).However,we encountered two rare cases where extrinsic lesions were misdiagnosed as gastric SMTs.CASE SUMMARY We describe two cases of gastric SMT-like protrusions initially misdiagnosed as gastric SMTs by the abdominal contrast-enhanced computed tomography(CT)and endoscopic ultrasound(EUS).Based on the CT and EUS findings,the patients underwent gastroscopy;however,no tumor was identified after incising the gastric wall.Subsequent surgical exploration revealed no gastric lesions in both patients,but a mass was found in the left triangular ligament of the liver.The patients underwent laparoscopic tumor resection,and the postoperative diagnosis was hepatic hemangiomas.CONCLUSION During EUS procedures,scanning across different layers and at varying degrees of gastric cavity distension,coupled with meticulous image analysis,has the potential to mitigate the likelihood of such misdiagnoses.展开更多
Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPSS) is considered a valid therapeutic option for the treatment of portal hypertension and its complications.The guidelines for this procedure have already been establi...Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPSS) is considered a valid therapeutic option for the treatment of portal hypertension and its complications.The guidelines for this procedure have already been established on the basis of the normal vascular anatomy and of various technical radiological aspects.In some few rare cases,diagnosis of a congenital vascular anomaly can be made accidentally by interventional radiologists,making the procedure of the TIPSS placement extremely difficult or in some cases technically impossible.This report describes a rare vascular malformation characterized by the absence of the right superior vena cava and persistence of the left superior vena cava in a patient with a diagnosis of advanced liver cirrhosis who needed a TIPSS placement in order to control refractory ascites.展开更多
目的评价完全腹腔镜下左肝部分切除术的临床应用优势。方法回顾性研究2009年7月1日至2012年10月31日我院手术切除治疗的76例左肝肿瘤患者,分腹腔镜手术组(15例,均为完全腹腔镜下手术)和开放手术组(61例),比较两组术中出血量、手术时间...目的评价完全腹腔镜下左肝部分切除术的临床应用优势。方法回顾性研究2009年7月1日至2012年10月31日我院手术切除治疗的76例左肝肿瘤患者,分腹腔镜手术组(15例,均为完全腹腔镜下手术)和开放手术组(61例),比较两组术中出血量、手术时间、术后肛门排气时间、术后住院时间、住院总费用、术后并发症发生率以及术后1、4 d ALT、ALB以及TBIL。结果两组患者年龄、术前肝功能无明显差异。腹腔镜组术中出血量少于开放组(176±59 mL vs 301±119 mL,P<0.05)、术后住院时间短于开放组(6.3±1.0 d vs 12.1±2.1 d,P<0.05)、术后肛门排气时间早于开放组(1.2±0.4 d vs3.3±0.6 d,P<0.05)、术后并发症发生率少于开放组(0%vs 32.8%,P<0.05)。腹腔镜组术后1、4 d ALT与ALB恢复情况明显好于开放组(1 d ALT:162.6±55.2 U/L vs 358.3±202.9 U/L,P<0.05、4 d ALT:68.2±33.5 U/L vs 156.8±130.7 U/L,P<0.05;1 d ALB:36.3±1.8 g/L vs 30.6±2.9g/L,P<0.05;4 d ALB:36.2±3.4 g/L vs 32.5±3.5 g/L,P<0.05),而TBIL两组比较差异无统计学意义(1 d:20.8±5.5μmol/L vs 21.2±5.1μmol/L,P>0.05;4 d:15.8±2.8μmol/L vs 15.2±2.7μmol/L,P>0.05)。两组手术时间(138±25 min vs 130±41 min,P>0.05)、住院总费用(34 764±5 748元vs 32 472±6 215元,P>0.05)差异均无统计学意义。结论完全腹腔镜下左肝部分切除术创伤小,患者术后恢复快,住院时间短,术后并发症少,同时并不延长手术时间,也不增加费用,安全可行,值得有条件单位推广。展开更多
文摘BACKGROUND Liver cirrhosis is a chronic hepatic disease which is associated with cardiovascular abnormalities.Hyperdynamic circulation in liver cirrhosis causes functional and structural cardiac alterations.The prevalence of left ventricle diastolic dysfunction(LVDD)in cirrhotic patients ranges from 25.7%to as high as 81.4%as reported in different studies.In several studies the severity of diastolic dysfunction(DD)correlated with a degree of liver failure and the rate of dysfunction was higher in patients with decompensated cirrhosis compared with compensated.Future directions of comprehensive assessment of cardiac function in cirrhotic patients might provide a better prognosis for these patients.AIM To clarify the correlation between the severity of liver cirrhosis and left ventricle diastolic dysfunction in the existing literature.METHODS Through January and February of 2019 at Vilnius University we conducted a systematic review of the global existing literature on the prevalence of left ventricle diastolic dysfunction in patients with liver cirrhosis.We searched for articles in PubMed,Medline and Web of science databases.Articles were selected by using adequate inclusion and exclusion criteria.Our interest was the outcome of likely correlation between the severity of cirrhosis[evaluated by Child-Pugh classes,Model For End-Stage Liver Disease(MELD)scores]and left ventricle diastolic dysfunction[classified according to American Society of Echocardiography(ASE)guidelines(2009,2016)],as well as relative risk of dysfunction in cirrhotic patients.Subgroup analyses were performed to evaluate the ratio and grades of left ventricle diastolic dysfunction with respect to cirrhosis severity.RESULTS A total of 1149 articles and abstracts met the initial search criteria.Sixteen articles which met the predefined eligibility criteria were included in the final analysis.Overall,1067 patients(out of them 723 men)with liver cirrhosis were evaluated for left ventricle diastolic dysfunction.In our systemic analysis we have found that 51.2%of cirrhotic patients had left ventricle diastolic dysfunction diagnosed and the grade 1 was the most prevalent(59.2%,P<0.001)among them,the grade 3 had been rarely diagnosed-only 5.1%.The data about the prevalence of diastolic dysfunction in cirrhotic patients depending on Child-Pugh Classes was available from 5 studies(365 patients overall)and only in 1 research diastolic dysfunction was found being associated with severity of liver cirrhosis(P<0.005).We established that diastolic dysfunction was diagnosed in 44.6%of Child-Pugh A class patients,in 62%of Child B class and in 63.3%of Child C patients(P=0.028).The proportion of patients with higher diastolic dysfunction grades increases in more severe cirrhosis presentation(P<0.001).There was no difference between mean MELD scores in patients with and without diastolic dysfunction and in different diastolic dysfunction groups.In all studies diastolic dysfunction was more frequent in patients with ascites.CONCLUSION This systemic analysis suggests that left ventricle diastolic dysfunction is an attribute of liver cirrhosis which has not received sufficient attention from clinicians so far.Future suggestions of a comprehensive assessment of cardiac function in cirrhotic patients might provide a better prognosis for these patients and give hint for better understanding of the left ventricle diastolic dysfunction pathogenesis in liver cirrhosis.
基金Supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province,No.LQ20H030007 and No.LY20H030010the Zhejiang Medical Health Technology Project,No.2019KY393.
文摘BACKGROUND Extragastric lesions are typically not misdiagnosed as gastric submucosal tumor(SMT).However,we encountered two rare cases where extrinsic lesions were misdiagnosed as gastric SMTs.CASE SUMMARY We describe two cases of gastric SMT-like protrusions initially misdiagnosed as gastric SMTs by the abdominal contrast-enhanced computed tomography(CT)and endoscopic ultrasound(EUS).Based on the CT and EUS findings,the patients underwent gastroscopy;however,no tumor was identified after incising the gastric wall.Subsequent surgical exploration revealed no gastric lesions in both patients,but a mass was found in the left triangular ligament of the liver.The patients underwent laparoscopic tumor resection,and the postoperative diagnosis was hepatic hemangiomas.CONCLUSION During EUS procedures,scanning across different layers and at varying degrees of gastric cavity distension,coupled with meticulous image analysis,has the potential to mitigate the likelihood of such misdiagnoses.
文摘Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPSS) is considered a valid therapeutic option for the treatment of portal hypertension and its complications.The guidelines for this procedure have already been established on the basis of the normal vascular anatomy and of various technical radiological aspects.In some few rare cases,diagnosis of a congenital vascular anomaly can be made accidentally by interventional radiologists,making the procedure of the TIPSS placement extremely difficult or in some cases technically impossible.This report describes a rare vascular malformation characterized by the absence of the right superior vena cava and persistence of the left superior vena cava in a patient with a diagnosis of advanced liver cirrhosis who needed a TIPSS placement in order to control refractory ascites.
文摘目的评价完全腹腔镜下左肝部分切除术的临床应用优势。方法回顾性研究2009年7月1日至2012年10月31日我院手术切除治疗的76例左肝肿瘤患者,分腹腔镜手术组(15例,均为完全腹腔镜下手术)和开放手术组(61例),比较两组术中出血量、手术时间、术后肛门排气时间、术后住院时间、住院总费用、术后并发症发生率以及术后1、4 d ALT、ALB以及TBIL。结果两组患者年龄、术前肝功能无明显差异。腹腔镜组术中出血量少于开放组(176±59 mL vs 301±119 mL,P<0.05)、术后住院时间短于开放组(6.3±1.0 d vs 12.1±2.1 d,P<0.05)、术后肛门排气时间早于开放组(1.2±0.4 d vs3.3±0.6 d,P<0.05)、术后并发症发生率少于开放组(0%vs 32.8%,P<0.05)。腹腔镜组术后1、4 d ALT与ALB恢复情况明显好于开放组(1 d ALT:162.6±55.2 U/L vs 358.3±202.9 U/L,P<0.05、4 d ALT:68.2±33.5 U/L vs 156.8±130.7 U/L,P<0.05;1 d ALB:36.3±1.8 g/L vs 30.6±2.9g/L,P<0.05;4 d ALB:36.2±3.4 g/L vs 32.5±3.5 g/L,P<0.05),而TBIL两组比较差异无统计学意义(1 d:20.8±5.5μmol/L vs 21.2±5.1μmol/L,P>0.05;4 d:15.8±2.8μmol/L vs 15.2±2.7μmol/L,P>0.05)。两组手术时间(138±25 min vs 130±41 min,P>0.05)、住院总费用(34 764±5 748元vs 32 472±6 215元,P>0.05)差异均无统计学意义。结论完全腹腔镜下左肝部分切除术创伤小,患者术后恢复快,住院时间短,术后并发症少,同时并不延长手术时间,也不增加费用,安全可行,值得有条件单位推广。
