The association between chronic alcohol consumption and alcoholic heart disease in
human beings is well recognized. Chronic alcohol consumption is the leading cause of …

Excessive alcohol consumption has long been associated with cardiovascular disorders,
including cardiomyopathy, hypertension, coronary artery disease, and stroke. However …

For more than 100 years the association between excessive alcohol consumption and heart
disease has fascinated cardiologists and cardiovascular scientists. This interest has resulted …

Chronic consumption of ethanol has deleterious effects on the cardiovascular system, as
manifested by an attenuation in myocardial contractility, a reduction in cardiac output, and …

Alcohol has been considered a cardiotoxin for over a century, but the pathogenesis and
natural history of alcohol-related heart disease remains obscure. The diagnosis still rests on …

In this chapter the acute and chronic effects of alcohol on cardiac hemodynamics,
electrophysiology, and metabolism and regional blood flow are reviewed. Alcoholic …

Excessive and chronic ethanol consumption exerts deleterious and diffused effects on the
myocardium, independent of coronary atherosclerosis, arterial hypertension, valvular …

Alcohol abuse can cause cardiomyopathy indistinguishable from other types of dilated
nonischemic cardiomyopathy. Most heavy drinkers remain asymptomatic in the earlier …

Abstract Ethanol consumption may induce acute and chronic effects on the myocardium.
High‐dose acute ethanol intake may induce a decrease in myocardial contraction and …

Compromised heart function is regularly seen in patients with chronic alcohol ingestion and
is often manifested as cardiomegaly, reduced myocardial contractility (with concomitant …