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8438710

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-3-25
pubmed:abstractText
To clarify the difference between alcoholic cardiomyopathy and dilated cardiomyopathy and to investigate the characteristics of alcoholic cardiomyopathy, right ventricular endomyocardial biopsy was performed, and the two diseases were compared clinically and histologically. Changes in the cardiothoracic ratio, cardiac index, and systolic blood pressure/end-systolic volume index were greater after treatment in patients with alcoholic cardiomyopathy than in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy. Histologically, myocytic hypertrophy, fibrosis, and nuclear change were less significant in the former than in the latter. Among patients with alcoholic cardiomyopathy, the cardiac index in those with less fibrosis was greater than in those with more fibrosis. Thus patients with alcoholic cardiomyopathy had more preserved and reversible cardiac function and fewer histologic changes than the patients with dilated cardiomyopathy. Reversibility of cardiac function in patients with alcoholic cardiomyopathy correlated inversely with the severity of histologic changes.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0002-8703
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
125
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
808-17
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Clinical and histologic features of alcohol drinkers with congestive heart failure.
pubmed:affiliation
First Department of Internal Medicine, Osaka City University Medical School, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study