Coronary artery disease usually is due to atherosclerotic narrowing (narrowing caused by
plaque formation) of the major coronary arteries, which leads to reduced blood flow to the …

More than 20 years ago, Klatsky et al.(1) published the first large-scale epidemiologic study
showing an inverse association between alcohol and coronary heart disease. Since then …

An inverse association between moderate alcohol intake and cardiovascular risk, in
particular coronary disease and ischemic stroke, has been demonstrated in many …

Low to moderate alcohol intake has been associated with beneficial effects on the heart and
the vasculature, including improvements in several established and emerging …

Experimental investigations in non-human primates fed on a high-cholesterol diet con-firm
the epidemiological findings. Monkeys given alcohol developed stenosis in only 8% of their …

Alcoholic beverages, specifically wine, have been consumed for many years. Wine is
postulated to play an important role in the improvement of cardiovascular risk factors. Most …

Both timely and topical, this book examines the most important aspects of the relationship
between alcohol consumption and health. Drawing together much new and exciting work in …

The ingestion of one or two alcoholic drinks can affect heart rate, blood pressure, cardiac
output, myocardial contractility, and regional blood flow. These actions generally are not …

Wine is a complex matrix consisting primarily of water (86%) and ethyl alcohol (12%), as
well as other different molecules, such as polyphenols, organic acids, tannins, compound …

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 …