Alcohol increases circulatory disease mortality in Russia: acute and chronic effects or misattribution of cause?

Abstract

Taken as a whole, the available evidence suggests that the positive association of alcohol with increased cardiovascular disease mortality may be best explained as being the result of a combination of chronic and acute alcohol consumption resulting in alcohol-related cardiac disorders, especially cardiomyopathy, rather than being due to misclassification of acute alcohol poisoning. Further work is required to understand the mechanisms underlying the link between heavy alcohol consumption and deaths classified as being due to IHD (other than MI).

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Misattribution of memoryMedicineCirculatory systemDiseaseIntensive care medicineInternal medicinePsychiatry

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Publication Info

Year: 2010
Type: article
Volume: 39
Issue: 5
Pages: 1279-1290
Citations: 104
Access: Closed

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