Kupari M
Postgrad Med J. 1984 Feb;60(700):151-4. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.60.700.151.
A patient with alcoholic cardiomyopathy is described in whom cardiovascular function capacity and radiological heart size fluctuated widely with periods of heavy drinking and abstinence. On two occasions, cessation of drinking resulted in clinical recovery from severe degrees of congestive failure and in complete reversal of cardiac enlargement. Echocardiographic follow-up showed, however, that the true rapidity of myocardial recovery was much slower than estimated clinically and radiologically and than suggested by the previous reports.
本文描述了一名酒精性心肌病患者，其心血管功能能力和心脏放射学大小在大量饮酒期和戒酒期波动很大。有两次，戒酒导致患者从严重的充血性心力衰竭临床康复，心脏扩大完全逆转。然而，超声心动图随访显示，心肌恢复的实际速度比临床和放射学估计的以及先前报告提示的要慢得多。
