A Pilot Study on The Hemodynamic Effect of Short-Term Ursodeoxycholic Acid Therapy in Patients With Stable Liver Cirrhosis

Abstract

UDCA caused reductions in diastolic volume in the PBC patients and cardiac output in the PNC patients. Such reductions are not unlike that seen in individuals treated with diuretics. This diuretic-like action deserves further study, particularly in cirrhotic patients who are also being treated with diuretics or show evidence of cardiac myopathy.