title: Abstention from alcohol in dilated cardiomyopathy: complete regression of the clinical disease but persistence of myocardial perfusion defects on exercise thallium-201 tomography.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, CHU Nancy-Brabois, Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, France.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Juillière
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gillet
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Danchin
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Thouvenin
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Karcher
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Paille
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bertrand
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Barrucand
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cherrier
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D013794:Thallium Radioisotopes