BACKGROUND The role of alcohol in the development of subclinical cardiovascular
disease is unclear. We examined the association between alcohol consumption and …

Alcohol consumption has been shown to have complex, and sometimes paradoxical,
associations with cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). Several hundred epidemiological studies …

Alcohol is often cited to be a common cause of cardiomyopathy and heart failure. However,
in most available population-based studies, a modest-to-moderate alcohol consumption has …

There has been an impressive accumulation of consistent mechanistic and observational
evidence that largely supports an association between light to moderate alcohol …

Arrhythmogenic effects of alcohol may be intermediated by its effects over heart rate
variability (HRV). Most studies about the effects of alcohol over HRV were observational and …

Cardiac dysfunction caused by excessive alcohol consumption is a specific disease,
alcoholic cardiomyopathy (ACM). High-dose alcohol has been found to induce oxidation …

Background: Chronic alcoholism leads to the development of alcoholic cardiomyopathy,
manifested as ventricular dilation and impaired ventricular contractility. However, the specific …

Excessive alcohol consumption represents one of the main causes of non-ischemic dilated
cardiomyopathy. Alcoholic cardiomyopathy is characterized by dilation and impaired …

Habitual light to moderate alcohol intake (up to 1 drink per day for women and 1 or 2 drinks
per day for men) is associated with decreased risks for total mortality, coronary artery …

Over the past several decades, the prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) has nearly
doubled, and alcohol has played a major role in the incidence of much of it. Alcohol has also …