Cardio-Hepatology Connections Between Hepatic and Cardiovascular Disease

• Reviews and discusses all current knowledge about the interactions between heart and liver pathologies
• Provides guidance on current topics surrounding the assessment of the liver in heart failure
• Presents important clinical cardiovascular assessments in cirrhotic patients

1. Physiological connection between heart and Liver
2. Epidemiology of liver diseases in heart failure
3. Liver function tests in heart failure
4. Histopathology of the liver in heart failure
5. Hypoxic hepatitis and passive liver congestion
6. Prognostic value of liver assessment in heart failure (including liver stiffness measurement)
7. Cirrhotic cardiomyopathy (including hemodynamic change in cirrhosis)
8. Congenital heart disease and the liver disease
9. Fatty liver diseases and heart diseases
10. Alteration in the Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of drugs used for heart failure management in cirrhosis

Edited by Tatsunori Taniguchi, Professor and Cardiologist of the Medical Staff, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan and Samuel S. Lee, Division of Gastroenterology, The University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada