如果慢性肝脏淤血持续时间较长，如图示，中央静脉之间出现纤维桥接，发生“心源性肝硬化”，因此门管区位于重建的肝小叶(假小叶)中央。最好称为“心源性肝硬化”，因为它不同于真正的肝硬化，很少有肝细胞结节状再生。
If chronic hepatic passive congestion continues for a long time, a condition called "cardiac cirrhosis" may develop in which there is fibrosis bridging between central zonal regions, as shown below, so that the portal tracts appear to be in the center of the reorganized lobule. This process is best termed "cardiac sclerosis" because, unlike a true cirrhosis, there is minimal nodular regeneration.
