Prediction of recovery after abstinence in alcoholic cardiomyopathy: Role of hemodynamic and morphometric parameters

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 45-50

  La Vecchia, Luigi ^a,b   Bedogni, Francesco ^a   Bozzola, Loredana ^a   Bevilacqua, Pierantonio ^a   Ometto, Renato ^a   Vincenzi, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b Ospedale Civile San Bortolo   (Italy)

Author keywords

alcoholic cardiomyopathy; cardiac catheterization; endomyocardial biopsy; left ventricular dysfunction; morphometry; prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOLIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART PERFORMANCE; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029788792     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.4960190109     Document Type: Article

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