Long-term prognosis in patients with alcoholic cardiomyopathy and severe heart failure after total abstinence

P Guillo; J Mansourati; B Maheu; Y Etienne; K Provost; O Simon; J J Blanc

doi:10.1016/s0002-9149(97)00101-x

Long-term prognosis in patients with alcoholic cardiomyopathy and severe heart failure after total abstinence

Am J Cardiol. 1997 May 1;79(9):1276-8. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(97)00101-x.

Authors

P Guillo¹, J Mansourati, B Maheu, Y Etienne, K Provost, O Simon, J J Blanc

Affiliation

¹ Département de Cardiologie, Hôpital de la Cavale Blanche, Brest, France.

PMID: 9164905
DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(97)00101-x

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.

Publication types

Clinical Trial

MeSH terms

Adult
Alcoholism / rehabilitation*
Cardiomyopathy, Alcoholic / diagnosis
Cardiomyopathy, Alcoholic / physiopathology*
Disease Progression
Echocardiography
Electrocardiography
Follow-Up Studies
Heart Failure / diagnosis
Heart Failure / physiopathology*
Humans
Male
Mass Screening
Middle Aged
Prognosis
Prospective Studies
Stroke Volume
Ventricular Function, Left / physiology*
gamma-Glutamyltransferase / metabolism

Substances

gamma-Glutamyltransferase