[Ischemic hepatitis].

The patients with chronic congestive heart failure and acute deterioration of heart failure (pulmonary oedema, significant reduction of blood pressure) have decrease liver's perfusion with signs of acute damage of liver's cells--ischemic hepatitis. Aspat, AIAT and LDH in blood rich very high level. The level of bilirubin, alkaline phosphatase and glucose increase slightly. Hepatotoxic viruses are never observed. The authors described a case of 34 years old man, who two years earlier had large myocardial infarction with aneurysm of heart and congestive heart failure. He was admitted to hospital in shock. The shock was caused probably by overdose of nitroglycerin. In ECG and Echo examinations he had no signs of acute myocardial infarction, but we observed serious damage of liver's cells with very high levels of AspAT, AIAT and LDH. Based on clinical and biochemical examinations we diagnosed ischemic hepatitis. The patient's clinical and biochemical tests were normalized after improvement of heart failure. Biopsy of liver was normal at that time. Prognosis in ischemic hepatitis depends on course of heart failure.