Acute cardiomyopathy with rhabdomyolysis in chronic alcoholism

Of five chronic alcoholics with acute skeletal muscle necrosis (rhabdomyolysis) three developed acute heart failure with disturbances of rhythm and conduction. Symptoms came on abruptly after a period of intensified drinking. Myocardial infarction, thiamine deficiency, and cobalt intoxication were e...

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Published in:BMJ 1975-11, Vol.4 (5993), p.378-380
Main Author: Seneviratne, B I
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Alanine Transaminase - blood
Alcohol drinking
Alcoholic beverages
Alcoholism
Alcoholism - complications
Arrhythmias, Cardiac - etiology
Aspartate Aminotransferases - blood
Biopsies
Creatine Kinase - blood
Heart Failure - complications
Heart Failure - etiology
Humans
L-Lactate Dehydrogenase - blood
Male
Middle Aged
Muscles
Muscular diseases
Muscular Diseases - enzymology
Muscular Diseases - etiology
Myoglobinuria - etiology
Necrosis
Necrosis - etiology
Rhabdomyolysis
Smoking - complications
Swelling
Symptoms
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Summary:Of five chronic alcoholics with acute skeletal muscle necrosis (rhabdomyolysis) three developed acute heart failure with disturbances of rhythm and conduction. Symptoms came on abruptly after a period of intensified drinking. Myocardial infarction, thiamine deficiency, and cobalt intoxication were excluded. Probably the whole spectrum of muscle disease in chronic alcoholism may be commoner than has been suspected.
ISSN:0007-1447
0959-8138
1468-5833
DOI:10.1136/bmj.4.5993.378