Alcohol and the heart: An ounce of prevention

Current Treatment Options in Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 313-325

  Eapen, Danny J ^a   Manocha, Pankaj ^b   Valiani, Kiran ^b   Mantini, Nicholas ^b   Sperling, Laurence ^b   McGorisk, Gerard M ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DEATH; HEART MUSCLE METABOLISM; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MORTALITY; OBESITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUDDEN DEATH;

EID: 80051672995     PISSN: 10928464     EISSN: 15343189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11936-011-0131-z     Document Type: Article

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