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The significance of alcohol abstinence in alcoholic cardiomyopathy with moderate left ventricular dysfunction

Francisco Manes Albanesi Fº et al. Márcia Bueno Castier Silvia Helena Cardoso Boghossian Tatiana Tavares da Silva

PURPOSE: To evaluate the role of a 12 month alcohol abstinence period in patients with moderate left ventricular dysfunction treated with anticongestive therapy. METHODS: Prospective observational study with 20 patients with alcoholic cardiomyopathy (ACM), 9 (45%) in functional class (FC) II and 11 (55%) in FC III, 16 (80%) men, mostly black (55%), from 35 to 56 (x=45) years old, heavy alcohol users (>80g ethanol for 51 to 112 (x=88) months. At the beginning, all agreed to participate with psychotherapy and clinical evaluation. After 12 months, they were divided in G-I, formed by those who remained abstemious and G-II of non-abstemious. RESULTS: After 12 months, among the 11(55%) who remained in psychotherapy, 8 were in G-I, among those who did not 9 (45%), only 2 (22,22%) remained abstemious (G-I). At the end of the evaluation period, both groups had the same number of patients. Comparing them, we observed: a) lower mean systolic and diastolic left ventricular diameters in G-I; b) more hospitalizations in G-II (3); c) more patients with stable or better clinical evolution in G-I. CONCLUSION: Despite the initial will, only 50% reached abstinence. When it was reached, patients had a better evolution in left ventricular systolic diameter and abstinence should always be tried even in the presence of moderate left ventricular dysfunction.

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The significance of alcohol abstinence in alcoholic cardiomyopathy with moderate left ventricular dysfunction

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