Korean Circ J.  1983 Dec;13(2):449-454. 10.4070/kcj.1983.13.2.449.

Three Cases of Fulminant Hepatic Failure due to Congestive Heart Failure

• Hwang HK
• Lim HK
• Chung TJ
• Lee BH
• Lee CK

• KMID: 2093176
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4070/kcj.1983.13.2.449

Abstract

Heart failure is a recognized, although uncommon, cause of massive liver cell necrosis, the clinical consequence of which are intermingled with those of cardiac insufficiency in most case. But, hepatic coma is rerely caused by hepatic congestion only. We report the three cases with heart failure resulted in massive liver cell necrosis and fulminant hepatic failure. The manifestations of fulminant hepatic failure were hepatic encephalopathy, jaundice, marked increase of prothrombin time and serum transaminase and there were no evidences of viral hepatitis and toxic hepatitis as a cause of liver failure.

MeSH Terms

Drug-Induced Liver Injury
Estrogens, Conjugated (USP)*
Heart Failure*
Hepatic Encephalopathy
Hepatitis
Jaundice
Liver
Liver Failure
Liver Failure, Acute*
Necrosis
Prothrombin Time
Estrogens, Conjugated (USP)