To drink or not to drink? That is the question

Circulation

Volumn 116, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1306-1317

  Kloner, Robert A ^a,b   Rezkalla, Shereif H ^c  

^a GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Arrhythmia; Cardiomyopathy; Heart failure; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CANCER; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FIBRINOLYSIS; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DEATH; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFLAMMATION; MORTALITY; PLASMA VISCOSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STROKE; SUDDEN DEATH; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; WINE;

EID: 34948828466     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.106.678375     Document Type: Review

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