Alcohol and Atrial Fibrillation: A Sobering Review

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 68, Issue 23, 2016, Pages 2567-2576

  Voskoboinik, Aleksandr ^a,b,c   Prabhu, Sandeep ^a,b,c   Ling, Liang han ^a,b,c   Kalman, Jonathan M ^c,d   Kistler, Peter M ^a,b,c  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

atrial flutter; binge drinking; holiday heart syndrome; obesity; obstructive; sleep apnea

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BINGE DRINKING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HEART DISEASE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART PROTECTION; HOLIDAY HEART SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SYNDROME; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; INCIDENCE;

EID: 85002829205     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2016.08.074     Document Type: Review

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