Dominika Klimczak-Tomaniak, Karolina Andrzejczyk, Sabrina Abou Kamar, Sara Baart, Nick van Boven, K Martijn Akkerhuis, Alina Constantinescu, Kadir Caliskan, Suat Simsek, Tjeerd Germanse, Jan van Ramshorst, Jasper Brugts, Marek Kuch, Victor Umans, Eric Boersma, Isabella Kardys
BACKGROUND: Liver dysfunction contributes to worse clinical outcomes in heart failure (HF) patients. However, studies exploring temporal evolutions of liver function parameters in chronic HF (CHF) pa- tients, and their associations with clinical outcome, are scarce. Detailed temporal patterns of alkaline phosphatase (ALP), gamma glutamyl transpeptidase (GGTP), total bilirubin (TBIL) and albumin (ALB) were investigated, and their relation with clinical outcome, in patients with stable CHF with reduced ejection fraction...
February 26, 2024: Cardiology Journal