Cardiac pathology in chronic alcoholics: A preliminary study

Journal of Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 372-376

  Vaideeswar, P ^a   Chaudhari, C ^a   Rane, S ^b   Gondhalekar, J ^b   Dandekar, S ^b  

^a Department of Pathology Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery   (India)

^b KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Ethyl alcohol; myocardial capillary network; myocardial fibrosis; myocardial iron deposition

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; IRON;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CALORIMETRY; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOCARDIUM; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE CAPILLARY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LIVER LEVEL; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TISSUE LEVEL; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLICS; HUMANS; IRON OVERLOAD; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOPATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLICS; AUTOPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRON OVERLOAD; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84910142282     PISSN: 00223859     EISSN: 09722823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0022-3859.143958     Document Type: Article

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