title: Long-term prognosis in patients with alcoholic cardiomyopathy and severe heart failure after total abstinence.
abstract: We prospectively evaluated the long-term prognosis of 14 patients with alcoholic cardiomyopathy and severe end-stage congestive heart failure after total abstinence. Improvement was very significant after 6 months of follow-up in most patients, and continued thereafter.
authors.affiliation: Département de Cardiologie, Hôpital de la Cavale Blanche, Brest, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Guillo
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mansourati
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Maheu
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Etienne
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Provost
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Simon
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Blanc
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D002310:Cardiomyopathy, Alcoholic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D018450:Disease Progression; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013318:Stroke Volume; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left / Q000502:physiology*; D005723:gamma-Glutamyltransferase / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D005723:gamma-Glutamyltransferase