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Multimodal imaging successfully aided in the diagnosis of alcoholic cardiomyopathy in a patient with refractory heart failure who subsequently underwent heart transplantation with a good prognosis.
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Multimodal imaging can play an important role in the diagnosis and management of suspected alcoholic cardiomyopathy.
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Multimodal imaging may aid diagnosis in refractory alcoholic cardiomyopathy; case report leaves broader adoption open pending prospective data.
Alcoholic cardiomyopathy (ACM) is a dilated cardiomyopathy induced by excessive alcohol consumption that causes progressive cardiac dysfunction and chamber dilatation, leading to arrhythmias, heart failure, and death. Cardiac transplantation is the final measure for end-stage ACM. In this case, we used multimodal imaging for ACM diagnosis in a patient with refractory heart failure. The patient received a heart transplant with a good prognosis, and his pathological results after the transplant confirmed our suspected diagnosis. End-stage ACM may lead to refractory heart failure and multimodal imaging may play an important role in the diagnosis, prognosis prediction, and follow-up study of suspected ACM.
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Li et al. (2022) conducted a case report in Alcoholic cardiomyopathy with refractory heart failure (n=1). Multimodal imaging was evaluated on Diagnosis confirmation and prognosis. Multimodal imaging successfully aided in the diagnosis of alcoholic cardiomyopathy in a patient with refractory heart failure who subsequently underwent heart transplantation with a good prognosis.
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