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Reversibility of alcoholic cardiomyopathy.
A patient with alcoholic cardiomyopathy is described in whom cardiovascular function capacity and radiological heart size fluctuated widely with periods of heavy drinking and abstinence. On two occasions, cessation of drinking resulted in clinical recovery from severe degrees of congestive failure and in complete reversal of cardiac enlargement. Echocardiographic follow-up showed, however, that...
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We read with interest the article by Piano et al1 (May 2002) about alcoholic cardiomyopathy (ACM), with a complete clinical and physiopathologic overview on this leading cause of nonischemic heart failure. We agree with all the comments and conclusion of the author, and we thank Dr. Piano for the several citations of our work on this topic published in 2000.2 We would like to add a short commen...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Postgraduate Medical Journal
سال: 1984
ISSN: 0032-5473
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.60.700.151