Journal of International Psychiatry

Objective To investigate changes of echocardiography in the male patients with alcohol-induced mental disorders and their clinical significance. Methods 44 male patients with alcohol-induced mental disorders (the treatment group) and 42 healthy patients (the control group) were diagnosed respectively in terms of cardiac structure and heart function parameters by using Color Doppler Ultrasound Diagnostic System, and myocardial and valve activities were observed. Results The treatment group was significantly higher than the control group in terms of LVDd, EDV and ESV (P<0.05), but significantly lower in terms of E/A ratio, CO, and EF (P<0.05). There were more patients with cardiac disorders, including round apex, thick left ventricular wall, aortic regurgitation, thick/calcific aortic valve and thick/calcific mitral valve, in the treatment group than in the control group (P<0.05). Conclusions Patients with alcohol-induced mental disorders have such cardiac disorders as slow cardiac contraction and relaxation, enlarged left ventricle and thick cardiac valve, thus requiring frequent echocardiography monitoring.

Alcohol; Mental disorders; Echocardiography