Moderate to High Alcohol Use May Push 'Pre-HF' Into Clinical HF - Medscape

Also, no protection was evident at any alcohol-intake level among STOP-HF trial participants who were initially at risk for heart failure but without echocardiographic signs of the disease.

The once-vaunted epidemiologic J-curve for alcohol intake and cardiovascular outcomes has flattened a bit further with a new analysis based on a cohort from a vintage randomized trial. In it, patient… [+5000 chars]

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