Generally speaking, the criteria for the recovery of alcoholic cardiomyopathy is that the heart returns to its original size and the ejection fraction returns to normal value on repeat cardiac ultrasound.
Alcoholic cardiomyopathy is the result of direct poisoning of myocardium by ethanol and its metabolite acetaldehyde, etc., which may cause palpitation, chest tightness, fatigue, weakness, atrial fibrillation, heart failure and various arrhythmias; and the heart is mostly large in chest X-ray or echocardiography, as well as reduced ejection fraction in cardiac color ultrasound.
When the heart of patients with alcoholic cardiomyopathy is restored to its original size, and the ejection fraction is restored to normal (normal range is 50%~70%), it is generally a clinical cure, but it is necessary to continue to abstain from alcohol.
It is recommended that patients follow the doctor’s instructions to standardize the treatment, while ensuring absolute abstinence from alcohol.