ABSTRACT
With the rapid development of the social economy in China, the incidence of diseases caused by excessive drinking is gradually increasing as well. Alcoholic cardiomyopathy refers to long-term high intake of ethanol, and has typical dilated cardiomyopathy characteristics, such as, hemodynamic changes, symptoms, signs, and morphological features. It is a kind of cardiomyopathy that excludes other causes of dilated cardiomyopathy. Due to the lack of specific pathological changes, the forensic pathological identification of alcoholic cardiomyopathy can only be based on the patient's medical history and by ruling out other causes of cardiomyopathy. This paper reviews the pathogenesis and forensic identification of alcoholic cardiomyopathy in order to provide reference for forensic pathologists and clinicians.
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Humans , Cardiomyopathy, Alcoholic/pathology , China , Ethanol , Forensic Pathology/trendsABSTRACT
El tema de mi presentación es "enfermedad cardiaca alcohólica" o "cardiomiopatía alcohólica". La O.M.S. ha reservado la nomenclatura de "cardiomiopatía para la enfermedad del músculo cardiaco de etiología desconocida, por lo que yo prefiero utilizar el término enfermedad cardiaca alcohólica en la misma forma que enfermedad cardiaca post-parto