Abstract
The difficulties of diagnosis and management of patients with alcohol-induced heart lesions, features of the clinic of alcoholic cardiomyopathy are highlighted. Excessive and prolonged alcohol consumption increases the risk of developing acute and chronic heart failure, cardiac arrhythmias and aggravates existing cardiovascular diseases. At the same time, due to insufficient assessment of the origin of cardiac manifestations (patients often hide or downplay the fact of alcohol abuse), patients do not always receive specific treatment. The management of such patients presents significant difficulties, taking into account, among other things, the defeat of the gastrointestinal tract, central and peripheral nervous system and should be carried out jointly with doctors of other specialties.
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