Detrimental Effects of Alcohol on the Heart: Hypertension and Cardiomyopathy.
alcohol abuse
alcoholic
cardiomyopathy
heart failure
hypertension
Journal
Reviews in cardiovascular medicine
ISSN: 1530-6550
Titre abrégé: Rev Cardiovasc Med
Pays: Singapore
ID NLM: 100960007
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Oct 2023
Oct 2023
Historique:
received:
26
12
2022
revised:
06
05
2023
accepted:
18
05
2023
medline:
30
7
2024
pubmed:
30
7
2024
entrez:
30
7
2024
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Epidemiological evidence suggests a J-shaped association between alcohol consumption and cardiovascular mortality, with higher cardiovascular event rates occurring among abstainers and heavy drinkers compared to moderate consumers. However, this hypothesis has been challenged by more recent studies. Furthermore, ethnicity, gender, type of alcoholic beverage, and pattern of alcohol intake, influence the relationship between alcohol and heart health. We undertook a review of the relavent literature utilizing PubMed. Heavy alcohol consumption causes resistant hypertension, cardiomyopathy, arrhythmias, hemorrhagic strokes, as well as hepatic cirrhosis and pancreatitis. Excessive drinking is the third most preventable cause of death worldwide behind hypertension and smoking. In this review, we discuss the effects of alcohol abuse on hypertension (a major cause of myocardial infarction and stroke) and alcoholic cardiomyopathy. Another article in this Special Issue "Alcohol and Heart Health" discusses the problem with alcohol and arrhythmias sudden cardiac death.
Sections du résumé
Background
UNASSIGNED
Epidemiological evidence suggests a J-shaped association between alcohol consumption and cardiovascular mortality, with higher cardiovascular event rates occurring among abstainers and heavy drinkers compared to moderate consumers. However, this hypothesis has been challenged by more recent studies. Furthermore, ethnicity, gender, type of alcoholic beverage, and pattern of alcohol intake, influence the relationship between alcohol and heart health.
Methods
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We undertook a review of the relavent literature utilizing PubMed.
Results
UNASSIGNED
Heavy alcohol consumption causes resistant hypertension, cardiomyopathy, arrhythmias, hemorrhagic strokes, as well as hepatic cirrhosis and pancreatitis. Excessive drinking is the third most preventable cause of death worldwide behind hypertension and smoking.
Conclusions
UNASSIGNED
In this review, we discuss the effects of alcohol abuse on hypertension (a major cause of myocardial infarction and stroke) and alcoholic cardiomyopathy. Another article in this Special Issue "Alcohol and Heart Health" discusses the problem with alcohol and arrhythmias sudden cardiac death.
Identifiants
pubmed: 39077572
doi: 10.31083/j.rcm2410292
pii: S1530-6550(23)01026-8
pmc: PMC11273158
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
292Informations de copyright
Copyright: © 2023 The Author(s). Published by IMR Press.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The author declares no conflict of interest. Vincent Figueredo is serving as one of the Editorial Board members and Guest editors of this journal. We declare that Vincent Figueredo had no involvement in the peer review of this article and has no access to information regarding its peer review. Full responsibility for the editorial process for this article was delegated to Carl J. Lavie and Guido Grassi.