Is a cardioprotective action of alcohol a myth?

Current Opinion in Cardiology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 550-555

  Hansel, Boris ^a,b   Kontush, Anatol ^b   Bruckert, Eric ^a,b  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

alcohol; cardiovascular disease; HDL; wine

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DALCETRAPIB; RESVERATROL; TORCETRAPIB;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BODY MASS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ESTROGEN THERAPY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART PROTECTION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IN VIVO STUDY; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPID METABOLISM; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RED WINE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; REVIEW; SECONDARY PREVENTION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WINE;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ETHANOL; HEART; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84865483523     PISSN: 02684705     EISSN: 15317080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HCO.0b013e328356dc30     Document Type: Review

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