Liver cirrhosis and arterial hypertension

Table 1 Haemodynamics in central and peripheral vascular beds in patients with cirrhosis

Heart
Heart rate ↑
Cardiac output ↑
Left atrial volume ↑
Left ventricular volume → (↑)
Left ventricular end-diastolic pressure →
Right atrial volume →↑↓
Right atrial pressure →↑
Right ventricular volume →↑↓
Right ventricular end-diastolic pressure →
Systemic circulation
Plasma volume ↑
Total blood volume ↑
Central and arterial blood volume ↓ (→)
Noncentral blood volume ↑
Arterial blood pressure ↓ (→)
Systemic vascular resistance ↓
Arterial compliance ↑
Total vascular compliance ↑
Pulmonary circulation
Pulmonary blood flow ↑
Pulmonary artery pressure →↑
Pulmonary vascular resistance ↓ (↑)
Skeletal and cutaneous muscle circulation
Skeletal muscular blood flow ↑→↓
Cutaneous blood flow ↑→↓
Hepatic and splanchnic circulation
Hepatic blood flow ↑→ (↑)
Hepatic venous pressure gradient ↑
Renal circulation
Renal blood flow ↓
Glomerular filtration rate ↓→

↑, increase; →, no change; ↓, decrease. Parentheses denote minor changes.