Key result
Exercise induced an abnormal cardiac response in 13 of 15 chronic alcoholic men without significant liver disease, indicating impaired cardiac function despite normal resting pressures.
Why the study?
Does exercise reveal impaired cardiac hemodynamics in chronic alcoholic patients with normal resting cardiovascular findings?
Population
15 male patients with a long history of alcoholic intake, hospitalized for at least several weeks and…
Design
Case_series
Authors
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Suggests early cardiac impairment in chronic alcoholics may be unmasked by exercise; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Observational (n=15)
Does exercise reveal impaired cardiac hemodynamics in chronic alcoholic patients with normal resting cardiovascular findings?
Chronic alcoholic patients without significant liver disease exhibit abnormal cardiac hemodynamics during exercise, indicating early impairment in cardiac function despite normal resting findings.
Lawrence Gould (1969) conducted an observational in Alcoholic Heart Disease (n=15). Chronic alcohol intake was evaluated on Increase in left ventricular end-diastolic pressure and mean pulmonary artery pressure on exercise. Exercise induced an abnormal cardiac response in 13 of 15 chronic alcoholic men without significant liver disease, indicating impaired cardiac function despite normal resting pressures.
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