Echocardiography is also used if there is a suspicion of pulmonary hypertension or high-output cardiac failure due to large liver lesions, sometimes followed by cardiac catheterization to measure the pressures inside the various chambers of the heart.
Echocardiography is also used if there is a suspicion of pulmonary hypertension or high-output cardiac failure due to large hepatic venous malformations. This is sometimes followed by cardiac catheterization to measure the pressures inside the various chambers of the heart.