Alcoholic Cardiomyopathy
- 1 February 1994
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Alcohol, Clinical and Experimental Research
- Vol. 18 (1) , 111-114
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1530-0277.1994.tb00889.x
Abstract
Chronic alcoholism is one of the most important causes of dilated cardiomyopathy, and a large proportion of chronic alcoholics demonstrate impairment of cardiac function. The development of cardiac dysfunction is apparently related to the total lifetime dose of ethanol. Studies in experimental animals have demonstrated that both acute and chronic ethanol administration impair cardiac contractility. However, the relationship, if any, between the acute effects of alcohol and the development of irreversible cardiomyopathy remain to be elucidated.Keywords
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