(medicine) Progressive fibrosis of the liver due to prolonged venous blood retention as a result of prolonged and severe heart failure.
cardiac cirrhosis
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An extensive fibrotic reaction occurring within the liver as a result of prolonged congestive heart failure. Also called pseudocirrhosis.
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A condition suggestive of, but not due to cirrhosis; often due to pericarditis (pericardial pseudocirrhosis).
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