The acute and chronic toxic effects of alcohol on skeletal and cardiac muscle are clinically
important. Muscle weakness and atrophy are the main manifestations of skeletal myopathy …

Alcoholic-dilated Cardiomyopathy (ACM) is the most prevalent form of ethanol-induced heart
damage. Ethanol induces ACM in a dose-dependent manner, independently of nutrition …

Alcoholic cardiomyopathy (ACM) is a specific heart muscle disease found in individuals with
a history of long-term heavy alcohol consumption. ACM is associated with a number of …

Ethanol ingestion can induce a variety of metabolic changes in the heart, and recent studies
have even suggested that moderate ethanol intake confers cardio-protective effects in …

We have discussed in this review many features and possible mechanisms responsible for
the development of alcoholic cardiomyopathy. The evidence suggests that defects in …

A considerable amount of attention has focused on the cardiovascular events associated
with ethanol consumption. The available evidence suggests that moderate ethanol …

The myocardial depressant effects of excessive ethanol consumption have long been
known. Excessive alcohol intake is reported in a wide range (3–40%) of patients with …

PURPOSE Alcohol-related myopathy is one of the earliest alcohol-associated pathological
tissue changes that is progressively exacerbated by cumulative long-term alcohol misuse …

To determine the prevalence of alcoholic myopathy and cardiomyopathy, we studied a
group of 50 asymptomatic alcoholic men (mean age, 38.5 years) entering an outpatient …

Alcohol-induced muscle disease (AIMD) is a composite term to describe any muscle
pathology (molecular, biochemical, structural or physiological) resulting from either acute or …