Can non-invasive measurements aid clinical assessment of volume in patients with cirrhosis?

Table 2 Blood pressure and echocardiographic findings in stable cirrhotic and the acutely decompensated cirrhotic patients

	Compensated	Decompensated
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	122.4 ± 5.3	101.8 ± 4.3b
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	68.8 ± 3.1	58.4 ± 4.1a
Heart rate min-1	74.7 ± 3.4	100.3 ± 6.7b
Right atrial pressure (mmHg)	6.1 ± 0.5	5.0 ± 0.1
Ejection fraction (%)	59.1 ± 1.0	59.6 ± 0.9
RVESP (mmHg)	31.1 ± 2.3	32.2 ± 2.5
PVFV (m/s)	1.24 ± 0.1	1.22 ± 0.1
LVEDV (mL)	165.5 ± 10.3	149.9 ± 12.9
Vaortic (m/s)	1.54 ± 0.06	1.60 ± 0.09

Right ventricular end systolic pressure (RVESP) normal, 25 mmHg, pulmonary valve flow velocity (PVFV), left ventricular end diastolic volume (LVEDV) normal 78-128 mL, aortic valve flow velocity (Vaortic). Results expressed as mean ± SE,

^aP < 0.05,

^bP < 0.01 vs compensated cirrhotic group.