Ischemic hepatitis

Ischemic hepatitis refers to reversible severe hypotension and hypoxemia leading to central hepatic lobular necrosis, often caused by congestive heart failure, shock, liver trauma, and cardiac surgery, resulting in cardiogenic or hypovolemic shock, especially It is related to liver reperfusion injury after shock. The clinical manifestations are similar to acute hepatitis. Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) continues to increase significantly, but there is no evidence of hepatitis virus infection and hepatotoxic drugs to the disease.

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