Myocardial Fibrosis and Inflammation in Liver Cirrhosis

Inclusion criteria: * liver cirrhosis with evaluation of TIPS implantation * patients who are 18 years of age or older Exclusion criteria: * underlying cardiac disease, e.g. known myocardial infarction, previous myocarditis, congenital heart disease, cardiomyopathies of other causes known underlying disease witt potential cardiac involvement, e.g. storage disease (e.g. hemochromatosis, Fabry disease), inflammatory (e.g. sarcoidosis), endocrinological (e.g. diabetes mellitus, hyper-/hypothyroidism), autoimmune (e.g. systemic lupus erythematosus, dermatomyositis, rheumatoid arthritis), therapeutic (chemotherapy). * patients with contraindication for contrast-enhanced MRI * pregnant and breastfeeding women