Liver cirrhosis and left ventricle diastolic dysfunction: Systematic review

Table 6 The difference in means of MELD scores between with and without left ventricle diastolic dysfunction groups

Author	MELD1 score in patients with LVDD	MELD1 score in patients without LVDD	P value
Lee et al[32]	13.9 ± 5.7	14.5 ± 6.4	NS
Karagiannakis et al[33]	11 ± 3.5	11.7 ± 4.6	NS
Alexopoulou et al[34]	15.5 ± 6.5	14.3 ± 5.7	NS
Nazar et al[22]	16 ± 8	14 ± 6	P = 0.07
Somani et al[24]	14.6 ± 4.3	15.2 ± 4.6	NS
Rimbas et al[36]	13 ± 6	13 ± 5	NS
Ru ız-del- Arbol, et al[21]	16 ± 53 and 21 ± 64	15 ± 6	aP < 0.005
Kazankov et al[38]	ND	ND	ND
Devauchelle et al[39]	14 (4)2	16 (11)2	NS

¹Values are expressed as mean ± standard deviation;

²Values are expressed as medians (interquartile range);

³MELD scores of grade 1 left ventricle diastolic (LVDD);

⁴MELD scores of grade 2 LVDD;

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