LONG-TERM PROGNOSIS IN PATIENTS WITH ALCOHOLIC CARDIOMYOPATHY AND SEVERE HEART-FAILURE AFTER TOTAL ABSTINENCE

Authors
GUILLO P MANSOURATI J MAHEU B ETIENNE Y PROVOST K SIMON O BLANC JJ
Citation
P. Guillo et al., LONG-TERM PROGNOSIS IN PATIENTS WITH ALCOHOLIC CARDIOMYOPATHY AND SEVERE HEART-FAILURE AFTER TOTAL ABSTINENCE, The American journal of cardiology, 79(9), 1997, pp. 1276
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
The American journal of cardiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029149
Volume
79
Issue
9
Year of publication
1997
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9149(1997)79:9<1276:LPIPWA>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
We prospectively evaluated the long-term prognosis of 14 patients with alcoholic cardiomyopathy and severe end-stage congestive heart failur e after total abstinence. Improvement was very significant after 6 mon ths of follow-up in most patients, and continued thereafter.