Journal article
Heavy alcohol drinking and subclinical echocardiographic abnormalities of structure and function
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study is to assess changes in heart structure and function associated with heavy alcohol use by comparing echocardiographic indices in a population-based sample to those in patients admitted to an inpatient facility with severe alcohol problems.
METHODS AND RESULTS: We used data from the Know Your Heart study (2015-2017) which is a cross-sectional study that recruited 2479 participants aged 35-69 years from the general …
Authors
Iakunchykova O; Schirmer H; Leong D; Malyutina S; Ryabikov A; Averina M; Kudryavtsev A; Kornev M; Voronina E; Paramonov A
Journal
Open Heart, Vol. 8, No. 1,
Publisher
BMJ
Publication Date
6 2021
DOI
10.1136/openhrt-2020-001457
ISSN
2398-595X