Sudden cardiac death in alcoholic cardiomyopathy

• Published in: Arkhiv patologii Vol. 43; no. 3; p. 32
• Main Authors: Velisheva, L S, Vikhert, A M, Shvalev, V N, Ushkalov, A F, Bogdanovich, N K
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Russian
• Published: Russia (Federation) 1981
• Subjects: Accidents, Traffic; Adult; Animals; Cardiomyopathy, Alcoholic - pathology; Coronary Disease - pathology; Death, Sudden - etiology; Death, Sudden - pathology; Heart - innervation; Histocytochemistry; Humans; Male; Microscopy, Electron; Middle Aged; Myocardium - pathology; Organ Size; Rats

A composite morpho-histo-biochemical and ultrastructural investigation of the myocardium of 50 subjects dying suddenly in the presence of alcoholic cardiomyopathy (ACMP) was carried out. The dynamics of changes in the myocardium in the development of ACMP is shown indicating that the main feature of...