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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>2078-7170</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[CorSalud]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[CorSalud]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2078-7170</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Cardiocentro Ernesto Che Guevara]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S2078-71702020000100020</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Manifestaciones cardiovasculares de la cirrosis hepática según su gravedad evaluada por la clasificación de Child-Pugh]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Cardiovascular manifestations of liver cirrhosis according to its severity evaluated through the Child-Pugh score]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Pérez Barreda]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Aylen]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Hernández Alvarado]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Eliecer]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Pérez González]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Teresita]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Samada Suárez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Marcia]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Hernández Perera]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Julio C.]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Puig Fernández]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Miguel J.]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ravelo Llanes]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Katia]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Alfonso Montero]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Oscar A.]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto de Cardiología y Cirugía Cardiovascular (ICCCV)  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[La Habana ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Abel Santamaría  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Pinar del Río ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Centro de Investigaciones Médico Quirúrgicas (CIMEQ)  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[La Habana ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>12</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>20</fpage>
<lpage>30</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2078-71702020000100020&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2078-71702020000100020&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2078-71702020000100020&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN  Introducción:  La miocardiopatía cirrótica es una disfunción cardíaca que está presente en pacientes con cirrosis hepática, en ausencia de otra enfermedad cardíaca.  Objetivos:  Describir los hallazgos electrocardiográficos, ecocardiográficos y el estado de la oxigenación arterial en pacientes con cirrosis hepática.  Método:  Se realizó un estudio observacional, descriptivo, transversal, con 95 pacientes en protocolo de trasplante hepático en el CIMEQ, en el período establecido, para lo cual se tuvo en cuenta la clasificación de gravedad de Child-Pugh.  Resultados:  Se investigaron 95 pacientes (53 mujeres [55,7%]), a los cuales se les realizó electrocardiograma, ecocardiograma, determinación de la presión arterial de oxígeno y su saturación por oximetría. Se usó el SPSS (20), con medidas de resumen para variables cualitativas (razones y porcentajes) y cuantitativas (media y desviación estándar). Los resultados muestran mayor compromiso de las variables estudiadas en relación con la mayor gravedad de la cirrosis hepática, evaluada por Child-Pugh, en relación con la onda S&#8217; (p=0,03), onda A (p=0,03), presión sistólica del tronco de la arteria pulmonar (p=0,004) y presión parcial de oxígeno arterial (p=0,004).  Conclusiones:  Al tener en cuenta dicha clasificación, se evidenció acercamiento progresivo a valores anormales de las variables ecocardiográficas para el análisis de la función diastólica, presiones pulmonares y del estado de la oxigenación arterial expresado por la PaO2, en los estadios más avanzados de la cirrosis hepática.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  Introduction:  Cirrhotic cardiomyopathy is a cardiac dysfunction that is present in patients with liver cirrhosis, in the absence of other heart disease.  Objectives:  To ascertain electrocardiographic and echocardiographic findings and arterial oxygenation state in patients with liver cirrhosis.  Methods:  An observational, descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted with 95 liver transplant recipients at the CIMEQ over the established period. The Child-Pug severity classification was applied for this purpose.  Results:  We screened 95 patients (53 women [55.7%]) who underwent electrocardiography, echocardiography, and determination of blood oxygen pressure and oxygen saturation by oximetry. The SPSS (20), with summary measures for qualitative (ratios and percentages) and quantitative (mean and standard deviation) variables was used. Our results reveal greater compromise of the variables studied in correlation with a greater severity of liver cirrhosis, as assessed by Child-Pugh, in relation to S' wave (p=0.03), A wave (p=0.03), pulmonary artery trunk systolic pressure (p=0.004) and arterial oxygen partial pressure (p=0.004).  Conclusions: Taking into account the Child-Pugh score, study showed a progressive approach to pathological values of echocardiographic variables for the analysis of diastolic function and pulmonary pressures, as well as oxygen content of arterial blood (PaO2), in the most advanced stages of liver cirrhosis.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Cirrosis hepática]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Miocardiopatía cirrótica]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Función cardíaca]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Ecocardiografía]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Liver cirrhosis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Cirrhotic cardiomyopathy]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Cardiac function]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Echocardiography]]></kwd>
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