Impact of Surgery and Valvuloplasty on Liver Stiffness in a Patient With Pericarditis and Pulmonary Valvulopathy
World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery
Published online on March 23, 2016
Abstract
Liver stiffness (LS) is associated with the presence of fibrosis; however, hepatic congestion due to elevated central venous pressure has also been shown to correlate with LS values. We report here the case of a 35-year-old woman with operated pulmonary stenosis and chronic pericarditis in whom longitudinal follow-up of LS was correlated with the changes in her hemodynamic conditions before and after surgical or percutaneous treatment of residual lesions. This case highlights the potential interest of LS as a reliable marker of hepatic congestion and elevated right ventricle (RV) filling pressures.