Abstention from alcohol in dilated cardiomyopathy: complete regression of the clinical disease but persistence of myocardial perfusion defects on exercise thallium-201 tomography.
This case report describes a 43-year-old man with dilated cardiomyopathy reversed by abstention from alcohol over 1 year but with persistence of previous myocardial perfusion defects on exercise thallium-201 tomography. This suggests that despite the near normalization of left ventricular function, a permanent myocardial disease seems to persist.
Juillière
Y
Y
Department of Cardiology, CHU Nancy-Brabois, Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, France.
Gillet
C
C
Danchin
N
N
Thouvenin
A
A
Karcher
G
G
Paille
F
F
Bertrand
A
A
Barrucand
D
D
Cherrier
F
F
D000328:Adult; D002310:Cardiomyopathy, Alcoholic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D005080:Exercise Test; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006321:Heart / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011875:Radionuclide Angiography; D013695:Temperance; D013794:Thallium Radioisotopes; D013997:Time Factors; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left / Q000502:physiology
D013794:Thallium Radioisotopes