Alcohol intake and bradyarrhythmia risk: a cohort study of 407 948 individuals.
Samuel J TuCeline GallagherAdrian D ElliottDominik K LinzBradley M PitmanJeroen M L HendriksDennis H LauPrashanthan SandersChristopher X WongPublished in: Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology (2022)
In this predominantly White British cohort, increasing total alcohol consumption was not associated with an increased risk of bradyarrhythmias. Associations appeared to vary according to the type of alcoholic beverage and between different types of bradyarrhythmias. Further epidemiological and experimental studies are required to clarify these findings.