Alcoholic cardiomyopathy.
The natural course of alcoholic cardiomyopathy is one of progressive left ventricular dysfunction and early demise. The author reports a case of normalization of severe left ventricular dysfunction over a prolonged period in a patient with alcoholic cardiomyopathy who abstained from alcohol.
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D000328:Adult; D002310:Cardiomyopathy, Alcoholic / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male