Abstract:Objective To study the changes of cardiac function in patients with liver cirrhosis and their relationship with the score of model for end-stage liver disease (MELD). Methods Cardiac systolic and diastolic functions were detected by echocardiography, and the correlation between MELD score and end-stage liver disease model was analyzed. Results The relationships between MELD score and cardiac functions in patients with liver cirrhosis were as follows: in the patients with MELD score ≤ 9, LVEF was (58.12 ± 0.18)%, E/A was (1.04 ± 0.03), LAs was (30.48 ± 0.36) mm; in the patients with MELD score of 10-19, LVEF was (60.58 ± 1.21)%, E/A was (0.78 ± 0.03), LAs was (27.14 ± 0.56) mm; in the patients with MELD score ≥20, LVEF was (56.71 ± 0.54)%, E/A was (0.53 ± 0.01), LAs was (34.12 ± 0.72) mm. LVEF values in the patients with MELD score ≤ 9 and MELD score of 10-19 were higher than that in the patients with MELD score ≥ 20; the LVEF value in the patients with MELD score of 10-19 was significantly different from those in the patients with MELD score ≤9 and MELD score ≥ 20 (P < 0.05). The E/A value decreased gradually with the increasing of MELD scores, there were significant differences among the three groups with different MELD scores (P < 0.05). Spearman correlation test showed that E/A was negatively correlated with the MELD score, the correlation coefficient was -0.935 (P < 0.05); LAs in the patients with MELD score ≥20 was higher than that in the patients with MELD score ≤ 9 and MELD score of 10-19 with significant differences among the three groups with different MELD scores (P < 0.05). Conclusions In patients with liver cirrhosis, heart function is impaired, which is aggravated with the deterioration of liver function.