ALCOHOL-CONSUMPTION AND IDIOPATHIC DILATE D CARDIOMYOPATHY - COMPARISON WITH A POPULATION OF CORONARY-DISEASE PATIENTS

Authors
GILLET C JUILLIERE Y PIROLLET P DANCHIN N CHERRIER F PAILLE F
Citation
C. Gillet et al., ALCOHOL-CONSUMPTION AND IDIOPATHIC DILATE D CARDIOMYOPATHY - COMPARISON WITH A POPULATION OF CORONARY-DISEASE PATIENTS, La Revue de medecine interne, 14(10), 1993, pp. 941-941
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
La Revue de medecine interne → ACNP
ISSN journal
02488663
Volume
14
Issue
10
Year of publication
1993
Pages
941 - 941
Database
ISI
SICI code
0248-8663(1993)14:10<941:AAIDDC>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
Alcohol consumption was compared between 23 men admitted to hospital w ith idiopathic dilated myocardiopathy (DCM) and 46 men with coronary a rtery disease. Duration of regular daily alcohol, heavy daily alcohol, mean daily alcohol consumption, in particular consumption of wine wer e higher in patients with DCM. Among the biological markers, only seru m levels of immunoglobulin A and bilirubin were increased in pts with DCM.