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Complete cessation of alcohol consumption fully reversed a complete atrioventricular block induced by excessive alcohol abuse, with intact conduction maintained at 6 months.
Complete cessation of alcohol consumption may reverse complete AV block induced by excessive alcohol abuse.
May support alcohol cessation trial before pacing in suspected cases; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation.
A patient with a history of chronic alcoholism and a reversible complete AV block due to excessive alcohol abuse is reported. The conduction disorder gradually improved after the complete cessation of alcohol consumption as the only means of therapy. During 6 month follow-up he continued to abstain from alcohol and had intact AV conduction.
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Letonja et al. (2003) studied this question. Complete cessation of alcohol consumption fully reversed a complete atrioventricular block induced by excessive alcohol abuse, with intact conduction maintained at 6 months.
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