Key result
Virtually complete abstention from alcohol for 1.5 years in a patient with severe alcoholic cardiomyopathy resulted in the complete disappearance of left ventricular dysfunction.
Why the study?
Does abstention from alcohol improve left ventricular dysfunction in a patient with severe alcoholic cardiomyopathy?
Case Report (n=1)
Does abstention from alcohol improve left ventricular dysfunction in a patient with severe alcoholic cardiomyopathy?
Complete abstention from alcohol can lead to the reversibility of left ventricular dysfunction in patients with severe alcoholic cardiomyopathy.
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Abstinence may reverse severe alcoholic cardiomyopathy; single case leaves open need for prospective confirmation before practice change.
Baudet et al. (2008) conducted a case report in Alcoholic Cardiomyopathy (n=1). Abstention from alcohol was evaluated on Reversibility of left ventricular dysfunction. Virtually complete abstention from alcohol for 1.5 years in a patient with severe alcoholic cardiomyopathy resulted in the complete disappearance of left ventricular dysfunction.
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