To drink or not to drink? That is the question

RA Kloner, SH Rezkalla - Circulation, 2007 - Am Heart Assoc
Numerous studies have used a J-shaped or U-shaped curve to describe the relationship
between alcohol use and total mortality. The nadir of the curves based on recent meta …

Alcohol consumption and mortality in patients with cardiovascular disease: a meta-analysis

S Costanzo, A Di Castelnuovo, MB Donati… - Journal of the American …, 2010 - jacc.org
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to quantify the relation between alcohol
consumption and cardiovascular and total mortality in patients with a history of …

[HTML][HTML] Alcohol's effects on the risk for coronary heart disease

KJ Mukamal, EB Rimm - Alcohol Research & Health, 2001 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Several studies have indicated that moderate drinkers have a lower risk of both nonfatal
myocardial infarction and fatal heart disease than do abstainers. To determine whether …

Cardioprotective effects of light–moderate consumption of alcohol: a review of putative mechanisms

DP Agarwal - Alcohol and alcoholism, 2002 - academic.oup.com
There is abundant epidemiological and clinical evidence showing that light–moderate
drinking is associated with a reduced risk of coronary heart disease (CHD), total and …

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 …

Alcohol, wine, and cardiovascular health

ML Lindberg, EA Amsterdam - … for Advances in the Treatment of …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Studies evaluating the health benefits of alcohol and wine have demonstrated that moderate
consumption is associated with a decrease in all‐cause and cardiovascular mortality …

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 …

Moderate alcohol consumption and coronary heart disease: a review

LM Hines, EB Rimm - Postgraduate medical journal, 2001 - academic.oup.com
Consumption of alcoholic beverages has been a prominent feature of many cultures since
the ancient civilisations. Throughout history, the pros and cons of alcohol have been …

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 …

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 …