Heavy alcohol drinking and subclinical echocardiographic abnormalities of structure and function.

Olena Iakunchykova Henrik SchirmerDarryl LeongSofia MalyutinaAndrew RyabikovMaria AverinaAlexander KudryavtsevMikhail KornevEkaterina VoroninaAndrey ParamonovTom WilsgaardDavid A Leon

Published in: Open heart (2021)

Extremely heavy drinking is associated with a specific set of structural and functional abnormalities of the heart that may be regarded as precursors of alcohol-related dilated cardiomyopathy.

Keyphrases

alcohol consumption
heart failure
left ventricular
pulmonary hypertension
atrial fibrillation
left atrial
ejection fraction