[Alcohol consumption and primary dilated cardiomyopathy. Comparison with a population of patients with coronary disease].

Alcohol consumption was compared between 23 men admitted to hospital with idiopathic dilated myocardiopathy (DCM) and 46 men with coronary artery disease. Duration of regular daily alcohol, heavy daily alcohol, mean daily alcohol consumption, in particular consumption of wine were higher in patients with DCM. Among the biological markers, only serum levels of immunoglobulin A and bilirubin were increased in pts with DCM.