cardiac cirrhosis

cirrhosis /cir·rho·sis/ (sĭ-ro´sis) a group of liver diseases marked by interstitial inflammation of the liver, loss of normal hepatic architecture, fibrosis, and nodular regenerationcirrhot´ic

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alcoholic cirrhosis  a type in alcoholics, due to associated nutritional deficiency or chronic excessive exposure to alcohol as a hepatotoxin.

atrophic cirrhosis  a type in which the liver is decreased in size, seen in posthepatic or postnecrotic cirrhosis and in some alcoholics.

biliary cirrhosis  a type due to chronic bile retention after obstruction or infection of the major extra- or intrahepatic bile ducts (secondary biliary c.), or of unknown etiology (primary biliary c.), and sometimes occurring after administration of certain drugs.

cardiac cirrhosis  fibrosis of the liver, probably following central hemorrhagic necrosis, in association with congestive heart disease.

fatty cirrhosis  a form in which liver cells become infiltrated with fat.

Laënnec's cirrhosis  a type associated with alcohol abuse.

macronodular cirrhosis  a type that follows subacute hepatic necrosis due to toxic or viral hepatitis.

metabolic cirrhosis  a type associated with metabolic diseases, such as hemochromatosis, Wilson's disease, glycogen storage disease, galactosemia, and disorders of amino acid metabolism.

portal cirrhosis  Laënnec's c.

posthepatitic cirrhosis  a type (usually macronodular) that is a sequel to acute hepatitis.

postnecrotic cirrhosis  macronodular c.

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cardiac cirrhosis

n.

An extensive fibrotic reaction occurring within the liver as a result of prolonged congestive heart failure. Also called pseudocirrhosis.

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cardiac cirrhosis

Etymology: Gk, kardia, heart, kirrhos, yellow-orange, osis, condition

an increase of fibrous tissue in the liver resulting from congestive heart failure, chronic myocarditis, or cardiac fibrosis.

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cirrhosis

a liver disease characterized pathologically by the loss of the normal microscopic lobular architecture and regenerative replacement of necrotic parenchymal tissue with fibrous bands of connective tissue which eventually constrict and partition the organ into irregular nodules. The term is sometimes used to refer to chronic interstitial inflammation of any organ.

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cardiac cirrhosis

fibrosis or scarring of the liver resulting from the anoxia and centrilobular necrosis associated with the passive congestion of congestive heart failure.

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cardiac 'cirrhosis'

A hepatopathy characterized by liver cell atrophy, centrilobular necrosis and extensive fibrosis–the end stage is virtually identical to posthepatitis cirrhosis, caused by repeated and/or prolonged CHF with ↑ venous pressure and ↓ hepatic blood flow. See Nutmeg liver.