Related Experiment Videos
[Dilated cardiomyopathies in severe cardiac failure in chronic alcoholics: clinical course after complete withdrawal]
A Renault1, J Mansourati, L Genet
1Service de médecine interne Harvier, CHU Morvan, Brest.
La Revue De Medecine Interne
|January 1, 1993
Abstract:
We have prospectively evaluated 6 patients admitted for a severe heart failure in alcoholic patients with dilated cardiomyopathy. We concluded that complete abstinence results in a short-term clinical improvement, associated to a significant increase in left ejection fraction.