Alcohol Consumption, Left Atrial Diameter, and Atrial Fibrillation

Alcohol Consumption, Left Atrial Diameter, and Atrial Fibrillation

Background Alcohol consumption has been associated with atrial fibrillation (AF) in several epidemiologic studies, but the underlying mechanisms remain unknown. We sought to test the hypothesis that an atrial myopathy, manifested by echocardiographic left atrial enlargement, explains the association...

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Main Authors: David D. McManus, Xiaoyan Yin, Rachel Gladstone, Eric Vittinghoff, Ramachandran S. Vasan, Martin G. Larson, Emelia J. Benjamin, Gregory M. Marcus
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2016-09-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Subjects:
alcohol
atrial fibrillation
echocardiography
epidemiology
left atrium
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.116.004060

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https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.116.004060

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