Alcohol use disorders and the heart

E Day, JHF Rudd - Addiction, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Alcohol use is an important preventable and modifiable cause of non‐communicable
disease, and has complex effects on the cardiovascular system that vary with dose …

Alcohol and cardiovascular health: the razor-sharp double-edged sword

JH O'Keefe, KA Bybee, CJ Lavie - Journal of the American College of …, 2007 - jacc.org
An extensive body of data shows concordant J-shaped associations between alcohol intake
and a variety of adverse health outcomes, including coronary heart disease, diabetes …

Cardiovascular risks and benefits of moderate and heavy alcohol consumption

J Fernandez-Sola - Nature Reviews Cardiology, 2015 - nature.com
The heart and vascular system are susceptible to the harmful effects of alcohol. Alcohol is an
active toxin that undergoes widespread diffusion throughout the body, causing multiple …

Cardiovascular effects of alcohol consumption

J Rehm, M Roerecke - Trends in cardiovascular medicine, 2017 - Elsevier
Alcohol consumption has a major but complex impact on cardiovascular diseases. Both
irregular and chronic heavy drinking occasions detrimentally impact on most major …

Alcohol and cardiovascular health

AL Klatsky - Physiology & behavior, 2010 - Elsevier
The substantial medical risks of heavy alcohol drinking as well as the probable existence of
a less harmful or safe drinking limit have been evident for centuries. Modern epidemiology …

Alcohol and the heart: to abstain or not to abstain?

R Movva, VM Figueredo - International journal of cardiology, 2013 - Elsevier
Alcohol has been consumed by most societies over the last 7000years. Abraham Lincoln
said “It has long been recognized that the problems with alcohol relate not to the use of a …

The cardioprotective association of average alcohol consumption and ischaemic heart disease: a systematic review and meta‐analysis

M Roerecke, J Rehm - Addiction, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Aims Most, but not all, epidemiological studies suggest a cardioprotective association for low
to moderate average alcohol consumption. The objective was to quantify the dose–response …

Effect of alcohol consumption on cardiovascular health

S Goel, A Sharma, A Garg - Current cardiology reports, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review This review aims to discuss the effect of alcohol consumption on
various cardiovascular (CV) diseases and CV mortality. Recent Findings Alcohol intake has …

Alcohol and cardiovascular disease: how much is too much?

A Toma, G Paré, DP Leong - Current atherosclerosis reports, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Previous research suggests that low-moderate alcohol
consumption may have cardioprotective effects, while heavy or binge-pattern drinking is …

Cardiovascular and overall mortality risk in relation to alcohol consumption in patients with cardiovascular disease

S Costanzo, A Di Castelnuovo, MB Donati… - Circulation, 2010 - Am Heart Assoc
Alcohol, in striking contrast to tobacco and illicit drugs, is linked to an extensively
documented J-shaped doseeffect curve, with regular moderate consumption reducing …