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Rev Cub Med Mil 2014; 43 (3)
Dilated myocardiopathy
Hernández GA, Pérez NA, Ravelo DR, Tarámo QG
Language: Spanish
References: 9
Page: 379-385
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ABSTRACT
A male patient aged 32 years, with a history of bronchial asthma from infancy. He
began drinking alcohol at very small ages and as of 20 years of age, he presented
with heart failure symptoms with dilated left ventricule and ejection fraction of the left
ventricule of 49%, but this figure improved to 60 % after medical treatment. This was
related to other symptoms, so the diagnosis was dilated myocardiopathy of possible
toxic etiology (alcoholism). The health condition of the patient worsened, he
deteriorated and finally died.
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