title: [Characteristics of the clinical electrocardiographic picture in chronic alcoholism].
abstract: The authors studied the peculiarities of the clinical picture and myocardial electric activity in 110 patients with chronic alcoholism. Four clinical syndromes were revealed (chest pain syndrome of vegetative dysfunction, circulatory, and asthenic syndrome). It is shown that the ECG changes differ with the duration of alcohol abuse: if the period of abuse is less than 10 years the changes are of a functional character, if it is longer the ECG changes reflect structural changes in the myocardium. An attempt is made to explain the genesis of the changes in the atrial complex.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications*; D002310:Cardiomyopathy, Alcoholic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000175:diagnosis; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010146:Pain / Q000175:diagnosis; D013997:Time Factors
vernacular_title: Osobennosti kliniko-élektrokardiograficheskoĭ kartiny u bol'nykh khronicheskom alkogolizmom.