Descriptor English: | Cardiomyopathy, Alcoholic | ||||||
Descriptor Spanish: |
Cardiomiopatía Alcohólica
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Descriptor Portuguese: | Cardiomiopatia Alcoólica | ||||||
Descriptor French: | Cardiomyopathie alcoolique | ||||||
Entry term(s): |
Alcoholic Cardiomyopathy |
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Tree number(s): |
C14.280.238.057 C25.775.100.087.250 |
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RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002310 | ||||||
Scope note: | Disease of CARDIAC MUSCLE resulting from chronic excessive alcohol consumption. Myocardial damage can be caused by: (1) a toxic effect of alcohol; (2) malnutrition in alcoholics such as THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; or (3) toxic effect of additives in alcoholic beverages such as COBALT. This disease is usually manifested by DYSPNEA and palpitations with CARDIOMEGALY and congestive heart failure (HEART FAILURE). |
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Allowable Qualifiers: |
BL blood CF cerebrospinal fluid CL classification CN congenital CO complications DG diagnostic imaging DH diet therapy DI diagnosis DT drug therapy EC economics EH ethnology EM embryology EN enzymology EP epidemiology ET etiology GE genetics HI history IM immunology ME metabolism MI microbiology MO mortality NU nursing PA pathology PC prevention & control PP physiopathology PS parasitology PX psychology RH rehabilitation RT radiotherapy SU surgery TH therapy UR urine VE veterinary VI virology |
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Previous Indexing: |
Alcoholism (1966-1978) Heart Diseases (1966-1978) Myocardial Diseases (1966-1978) |
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Public MeSH Note: | 79 |
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History Note: | 79 |
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DeCS ID: | 2354 | ||||||
Unique ID: | D002310 | ||||||
NLM Classification: | WG 280 | ||||||
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||||
Date Established: | 1979/01/01 | ||||||
Date of Entry: | 1978/05/19 | ||||||
Revision Date: | 2013/07/08 |
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Cardiomyopathy, Alcoholic
- Preferred
Concept UI |
M0003462 |
Scope note | Disease of CARDIAC MUSCLE resulting from chronic excessive alcohol consumption. Myocardial damage can be caused by: (1) a toxic effect of alcohol; (2) malnutrition in alcoholics such as THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; or (3) toxic effect of additives in alcoholic beverages such as COBALT. This disease is usually manifested by DYSPNEA and palpitations with CARDIOMEGALY and congestive heart failure (HEART FAILURE). |
Preferred term | Cardiomyopathy, Alcoholic |
Entry term(s) |
Alcoholic Cardiomyopathy |
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