Cirrhotic Cardiomyopathy: Does it Contribute to Chronic Fatigue and Decreased Health-Related Quality of Life in Cirrhosis?

Nigel Girgrah; Graham Reid; Shona MacKenzie; Florence Wong

doi:10.1155/2003/213213

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology (Jan 2003)

Cirrhotic Cardiomyopathy: Does it Contribute to Chronic Fatigue and Decreased Health-Related Quality of Life in Cirrhosis?

Nigel Girgrah,
Graham Reid,
Shona MacKenzie,
Florence Wong

Affiliations

Nigel Girgrah: Department of Medicine, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Graham Reid: Departments of Psychology and Family Medicine, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
Shona MacKenzie: Department of Medicine, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Florence Wong: Department of Medicine, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2003/213213
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 17, no. 9
pp. 545 – 551

Abstract

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Diminished health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and fatigue have been reported in patients with cirrhosis. The presence of cirrhotic cardiomyopathy and the attendant poor cardiac response to physical stress may affect HRQoL and contribute to fatigue in these patients.

Published in Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

ISSN: 0835-7900 (Print); 1916-7237 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1720

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