AN UNUSUAL CAUSE OF DYSPNEA: CIRRHOTIC CARDIOMYOPATHY WITH CONCOMITANT HEPATOPULMONARY SYNDROME AND PORTOPULMONARY HYPERTENSION

Cirrhotic Cardiomyopathy (CCM) is a new clinical phenotype, characterized by suboptimal ventricular response to stress, systolic and/or diastolic dysfunction and electromechanical abnormalities. Relative hypovolemia from pooling of blood in splanchnic circulation in cirrhosis leads to CCM. We