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Carl S. Alexander, MD, of the cardiovascular section of the VA Hospital in Minneapolis, studied 28 cases of this syndrome [cobalt-beer cardiomyopathy, in Quebec City] from 1964 to 1967, finding a mortality rate of 18% for the acute illness, but a total mortality of 43% when late deaths are considered. Some survivors continue to have clinical disability and demonstrate abnormal electrocardiographic changes.