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Dragoş Valentin Crauciuc1, Cristinel Ionel Stan, Laura Adriana Rîşcanu
1Discipline of Anatomy and Embryology, Department of Morpho-Functional Sciences I, Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iaşi, Romania; crauciuc.dragos@gmail.com; Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Romania; pirvu_daniel2005@yahoo.com.
Abstract:
Ethyl alcohol is the most consumed drug, worldwide, with frequent consequences on the individual's health and lifestyle. Chronic alcoholism is a pathological state occurring after an excessive alcohol intake and may be observed in teenagers or very old individuals. The study performed by us investigated the changes caused by alcohol intake in the left ventricle myocardium in 77 bodies deceased at home under suspect circumstances and sent to the Institute of Forensic Medicine for establishing the cause of death. In all the individuals, there was determined high levels of blood Ethyl glucuronide, thus showing the alcohol intake up to 96 hours before death. The lesions present in the heart were represented by dilated cardiomyopathy, myocardial fibrosis, and myocardial infarction.
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