hepatic and biliary disorders
Congestive Hepatopathy
Diagnosis of Congestive Hepatopathy
Clinical evaluation 1.1 g/dL (11 g/L) are relatively specific for Ascites due to portal hypertension ( Because the laboratory abnormalities are nonspecific, recognition of congestive hepatopathy is ultimately clinical. The liver disorder is more important as an index of the severity of heart failure than as a diagnosis by itself. 1.Patel YA, Muir AJ: Evaluation of new-onset ascites.JAMA316(3): 340–341, 2016. doi: 10.1001/jama.2016.7600 2.Runyon BA: Cardiac ascites: A characterization.J Clin Gastroenterol10(4):410-412, 1988. doi: 10.1097/00004836-198808000-00013 