Case Report


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

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.

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