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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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Is the apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy seen in one population in Rio de Janeiro city similar to that found in the east?

Francisco Manes Albanesi Fº et al. Marcia Bueno Castier Alberto Siqueira Lopes Paulo Ginefra

PURPOSE: To investigate the differences between clinical aspects and evolution of apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (AHCM) seen in Rio de Janeiro and the Oriental form, which was the first described. METHODS: In 156 patients with AHCM diagnosed in our institution, there were 13 (8.34%) with the apical form of the disease, whose clinical settings, diagnostic procedures and evolution were studied. RESULTS: There were 8 males and 5 females, between 19 and 75 years old, all white. Electrocardiogram (EKG) showed giant T waves in precordial leads in 10 (76.92%), echocardiogram (ECHO) demonstrated apical hypertrophy in all, 10 (76.92%) had only in the left ventricle, 2 in right ventricle and one involving both. Cineangiography corroborated ECHO findings. Follow-up ranged from 6 to 294 months (x= 95.4). Two deaths occurred in patients with RV involvement, due to large atria, atrial fibrillation, tricuspid or mitral insufficiency and thromboembolism. Among the survivors, the patient with RV disease has diastolic restriction and the ones with LV involvement, 9 are asymptomatic using either propranolol (8) or amiodarone (1), and one uses no medication. CONCLUSION: A HCM seen in Rio de Janeiro is similar to that found in the Orient (Japan) regarding presentation, diagnosis and evolution; but in 3 patients we have found RV disease, not described in Japan, characterizing a distinct group with a worse evolution.

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

Is the apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy seen in one population in Rio de Janeiro city similar to that found in the east?

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