Assessment of Cardiac and Renal Functions in Elderly Patients with Chronic Liver Disease

Abstract

The aim of the current study was to assess the effect of liver cirrhosis on cardiac and renal functions in elderly patients, after exclusion of cardiac and renal diseases, or any other disease that can affect both systems. This study is a cross sectional study. The study included 100 male and female patients aged 60years and above. Subjects have been recruited via purposive sampling from the inpatient Geriatrics and Gerontology department, Internal Medicine department, and the outpatient clinic of Geriatrics and Gerontology department in Ain Shams University hospitals. The study sample was divided into two groups: Group 1:  Fifty elderly patients sixty years old and above, diagnosed to have compensated chronic liver disease. Group 2:  Fifty elderly patients (both males and females) sixty years old and above, diagnosed to have decompensated chronic liver disease. We excluded those with history of cardiovascular diseases (e.g. hypertension, ischemic heart disease, and heart failure), severe anemia, chronic kidney disease, and patients with diagnosis of hepatorenal syndrome.