Improvement of Left Ventricular Function in Alcoholic Cardiomyopathy Documented by Serial Gated Cardiac Pool Scanning*

Abstract

Summary: lmpravement of left ventricular function in alcoholic cardiomyopathy documented by serial gated cardiac pool scanning. J. Hung, P. J. Harris, D. T. Kelly. D. R. Richmond, B. F. Hutton and G. Bautovich, Aust. N.Z. J. Med., 1979, 9, pp. 420–422. Serial gated cardiac blood pool scans showed a gradual return to normal left ventricular function over ten months in a 44-year-old patient who presented initially with severe alcoholic congestive cardiomyopathy. The clinical signs of left ventricular failure abated considerably before myocardial function improved objectively on gated blood pool scanning.