Alcoholic Cardiomyopathy
Department
Cardiology
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Title
StatPearls [Internet]
Abstract
Alcohol-induced toxicity leads to non-ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy characterized by loss of contractile function and dilatation of myocardial ventricles. These findings are coupled with a clinical history of heavy alcohol use in the absence of coronary artery disease as a supportive etiology.
Alcohol use is an important cause for non-ischemic cardiomyopathy and accounts for 10% of all cases of dilated cardiomyopathies.
The major risk factor for developing ACM is chronic alcohol abuse; however, there is no specific cutoff value for the amount of alcohol consumption that would lead to the development of ACM.
Publication Date
8-11-2021
Publisher
StatPearls Publishing
PubMed ID
30020694
Recommended Citation
Shaaban, A., Gangwani, M. K., Pendela, V., & Vindhyal, M. R. (2021). Alcoholic Cardiomyopathy. StatPearls [Internet] Retrieved from https://scholar.rochesterregional.org/rrhpubs/897