Long-term prognosis in patients with alcoholic cardiomyopathy and severe heart failure after total abstinence.
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.
Guillo
P
P
Département de Cardiologie, Hôpital de la Cavale Blanche, Brest, France.
Mansourati
J
J
Maheu
B
B
Etienne
Y
Y
Provost
K
K
Simon
O
O
Blanc
J J
JJ
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
D005723:gamma-Glutamyltransferase