A case of heart failure due to alcoholic cardiomyopathy combined with acute pulmonary embolism

Feng Xiao; Wei Yuan; Xiaorong Li; Gannan Wang; Ting Jiang; Weiwei Wang; Jinsong Zhang; Ping Li; Lianwen Qi; Yan Chen

doi:10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2014.07.32

A case of heart failure due to alcoholic cardiomyopathy combined with acute pulmonary embolism

J Thorac Dis. 2014 Sep;6(9):E176-80. doi: 10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2014.07.32.

Authors

Feng Xiao¹, Wei Yuan¹, Xiaorong Li¹, Gannan Wang¹, Ting Jiang¹, Weiwei Wang¹, Jinsong Zhang¹, Ping Li¹, Lianwen Qi¹, Yan Chen¹

Affiliation

¹ 1 Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China ; 2 Department of Cardiology, Taizhou people's Hospital, Taizhou 225300, China ; 3 Emergency Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China ; 4 State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, China.

PMID: 25276392
PMCID: PMC4178092
DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2014.07.32

Abstract

It has not been reported that cases of alcoholic cardiomyopathy (ACM) combined with acute pulmonary embolism (PE). We hereby present a case of a 48-year-old male with ACM with significant enlargement of the heart and heart failure is described. Then, the patient was seized with acute PE which was confirmed by specific examination and his symptoms.

Keywords: Alcoholic cardiomyopathy (ACM); heart failure; pulmonary embolism (PE).

Publication types

Case Reports