Is moderate drinking as effective as cholesterol lowering in reducing mortality in high-risk coronary patients?

European Heart Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 4-6

  De Lorgeril, Michel ^a   Salen, Patricia ^a   Corcos, Thierry ^b   Defaye, Pascal ^c   Juneau, Martin ^d   Pavy, Bruno ^e   Saoudi, Nadir ^f  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b Clinique Turin   (France)

^c GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e Centre Hospitalier de Machecoul   (France)

^f CENTRE HOSPITALIER PRINCESSE GRACE   (Monaco)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEFIBRILLATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEART PROTECTION; HEMOSTASIS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIFESTYLE; MORTALITY; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVAL;

EID: 37849048022     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehm571     Document Type: Editorial

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