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Hwang, Lim, Chung, Lee, and Lee: Three Cases of Fulminant Hepatic Failure due to Congestive Heart Failure
Case Report
Korean Circulation Journal

Korean Circulation Journal 1983; 13(2): 449-454.

Published online: 31 December 1983

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4070/kcj.1983.13.2.449

Three Cases of Fulminant Hepatic Failure due to Congestive Heart Failure

Hweung-Kon Hwang, M.D., Hun-Kil Lim, M.D., Tae-Jun Chung, M.D., Bang-Hun Lee, M.D., Chung-Kyun Lee, M.D.

Copyright © 1983 The Korean Society of Circulation

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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.

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