Liver cirrhosis and left ventricle diastolic dysfunction: Systematic review

Table 5 Difference in means of Child-Pugh scores between left ventricle diastolic dysfunction grades

Author	Number of cases, n	Difference in means of Child-Pugh scores between LVDD grades Yes/No/Not assessed	Mean Child-Pugh scores in patients without LVDD	Mean Child-Pugh scores in patients with LVDD	P value
Dadhich et al[31]	40	NA	NA	NA	-
Lee et al[32]	70	NA	NA	NA	-
Karagiannakis et al[33]	45	No	6.5 ± 2.1	6.4 ± 1.6	NS
Alexopoulou et al[34]	76	No	9 ± 2.8	9.2 ± 2.6	NS
Farouk et al[15]	35	NA	NA	NA	-
Bhuin et al[16]	70	NA	NA	NA	-
Cesari et al[35]	117	NA	NA	NA	-
Ru ız-del- Arbol, et al[21]	80	Yes	8 ± 2 (7-9)	10 ± 2 (9-11)	aP < 0.01
Rimbas et al[36]	46	Yes	7.1 ± 2	7.3 ± 2.1	aP < 0.01
Hammami et al[25]	80	NA		NA	-
Merli et al[37]	90	NA	NA	NA	-
Merli et al[26]	74	NA	NA	NA	-
Kazankov et al[38]	44	No	ND	ND	NS
Nazar et al[22]	100	NA	NA	NA	-
Devauchelle et al[39]	40	NA	NA	NA	-
Somani et al[24]	60	NA	NA	NA	-

^aLVDD grade 2 with respect to the values of LVDD grade 0. NA: Not assessed; ND: No data; NS: Not significant; LVDD: Left ventricle diastolic dysfunction.