title: A case of heart failure due to alcoholic cardiomyopathy combined with acute pulmonary embolism.
abstract: It has not been reported that cases of alcoholic cardiomyopathy (ACM) combined with acute pulmonary embolism (PE). We hereby present a case of a 48-year-old male with ACM with significant enlargement of the heart and heart failure is described. Then, the patient was seized with acute PE which was confirmed by specific examination and his symptoms.
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China ; 2 Department of Cardiology, Taizhou people's Hospital, Taizhou 225300, China ; 3 Emergency Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China ; 4 State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, China.
authors.forename: Feng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China ; 2 Department of Cardiology, Taizhou people's Hospital, Taizhou 225300, China ; 3 Emergency Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China ; 4 State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, China.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China ; 2 Department of Cardiology, Taizhou people's Hospital, Taizhou 225300, China ; 3 Emergency Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China ; 4 State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, China.
authors.forename: Xiaorong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China ; 2 Department of Cardiology, Taizhou people's Hospital, Taizhou 225300, China ; 3 Emergency Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China ; 4 State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, China.
authors.forename: Gannan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China ; 2 Department of Cardiology, Taizhou people's Hospital, Taizhou 225300, China ; 3 Emergency Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China ; 4 State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, China.
authors.forename: Ting
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China ; 2 Department of Cardiology, Taizhou people's Hospital, Taizhou 225300, China ; 3 Emergency Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China ; 4 State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, China.
authors.forename: Weiwei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China ; 2 Department of Cardiology, Taizhou people's Hospital, Taizhou 225300, China ; 3 Emergency Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China ; 4 State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, China.
authors.forename: Jinsong
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China ; 2 Department of Cardiology, Taizhou people's Hospital, Taizhou 225300, China ; 3 Emergency Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China ; 4 State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, China.
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China ; 2 Department of Cardiology, Taizhou people's Hospital, Taizhou 225300, China ; 3 Emergency Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China ; 4 State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, China.
authors.forename: Lianwen
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Qi
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China ; 2 Department of Cardiology, Taizhou people's Hospital, Taizhou 225300, China ; 3 Emergency Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China ; 4 State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, China.
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chen
keywords: Alcoholic cardiomyopathy (ACM); heart failure; pulmonary embolism (PE)