A Case Report on Application of Multimodal Imaging to an Alcoholic Cardiomyopathic Patient Undergoing Heart Transplantation
10.1097/CD9.0000000000000062
- VernacularTitle:A Case Report on Application of Multimodal Imaging to an Alcoholic Cardiomyopathic Patient Undergoing Heart Transplantation
- Author:
Zhiming LI
1
;
Yu WANG
;
Bingsong DUAN
;
Dan HAN
;
Wei CHEN
Author Information
1. Department of Radiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, Yunnan 650032, China
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Cardiomyopathy, alcoholic;
Chronic heart failure;
Cardiac magnetic resonance;
Coronary angiography;
Echocardiography;
Case report
- From:
Cardiology Discovery
2022;02(3):197-201
- CountryChina
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Alcoholic cardiomyopathy (ACM) is a dilated cardiomyopathy induced by excessive alcohol consumption that causes progressive cardiac dysfunction and chamber dilatation, leading to arrhythmias, heart failure, and death. Cardiac transplantation is the final measure for end-stage ACM. In this case, we used multimodal imaging for ACM diagnosis in a patient with refractory heart failure. The patient received a heart transplant with a good prognosis, and his pathological results after the transplant confirmed our suspected diagnosis. End-stage ACM may lead to refractory heart failure and multimodal imaging may play an important role in the diagnosis, prognosis prediction, and follow-up study of suspected ACM.
