Alcoholic cardiomyopathy

Description

alcoholic cardiomyopathy: 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).

Data source
FinnGen phenocode I9_CARDMYOALC
Hospital Discharge registry ICD-10: I426, ICD-9: 4255A
Cause of Death registry ICD-10: I426, ICD-9: 4255A
Level in the ICD-hierarchy C
First defined in version DF2
Ontology
DOID 12935
GWAS catalog 1000801
MESH D002310
SNOMED CT 83521008

Key figures

Sex All Female Male
Number of individuals 42 N/A 37
Unadjusted prevalence (%) 0.03 N/A 0.06
Mean age at first event (years) 58.91 N/A 59.41
Median number of events / individual 1 N/A 1

Clinical metrics

Sex All Female Male
Recurrence within 6 months (%) 11.9 N/A 13.51
Case fatality at 5-years (%) 66.67 N/A 64.86

Associations