Cardiovascular function in 19 patients with cirrhosis and 7 controls at rest and after pharmacological stress with dobutamine +/− atropine.

Mean ± SD. Comparison between rest and stress: ¤ p<0.05. Comparison between rest and stress: * p<0.01. Comparison with Child A patients: ∞ p<0.05. Abbreviations: Arterial Compliance (AC), Cardiac Index (CI), Cardiac Output (CO), Ejection Fraction (EF), Heart Rate (HR), Left Ventricle (LV), End-Diastolic Volume (EDV), End-Systolic Volume (ESV), Mean Arterial blood Pressunre (MAP), Stroke Volume (SV), Systemic Vascular Resistance (SVR). Cardiovascular function in 19 patients with cirrhosis and 7 controls at rest and after pharmacological stress with dobutamine +/− atropine.