Patients with heart rhythm disorder warned against heavy alcohol consumption

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-12/esoc-pwh120220.php

 

News Release 2-Dec-2020
European Society of Cardiology

 

Fourteen drinks a week is linked with a higher risk of health problems including stroke and embolism in patients with atrial fibrillation, according to research published in EP Europace, a journal of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).1

"Our study suggests that atrial fibrillation patients should avoid heavy alcohol consumption to prevent stroke and other complications," said author Dr. Boyoung Joung of Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.


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