Abstract
Alcohol has been consumed by most societies over the last 7000 years. Abraham Lincoln said “It has long been recognized that the problems with alcohol
relate not to the use of a bad thing, but to the abuse of a good thing.” Light to
moderate alcohol consumption reduces the incidence of coronary heart disease (CHD),
ischemic stroke, peripheral arterial disease, CHD mortality, and all-cause mortality,
especially in the western populations. However, heavy alcohol consumption is detrimental
causing cardiomyopathy, cardiac arrhythmias, hepatic cirrhosis, pancreatitis, and
hemorrhagic stroke. In this article, we review the effects of alcohol on CHD, individual
cardiovascular risk factors, cardiomyopathy, and cardiac arrhythmias, including the
most recent evidence of the effects of alcohol on CHD.
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Publication history
Published online: February 15, 2012
Accepted:
January 19,
2012
Received in revised form:
January 7,
2012
Received:
July 7,
2011
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