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ArticleDiseases (Basel, Switzerland)2018

Attitudes and Recommendations of Physicians towards Alcohol Consumption and Cardiovascular Health: A Perspective from Argentina.

Ricardo Lopez Santi, Sohaib Haseeb, Bryce Alexander, Adrian D Ovidio, Sergio Gimenez, Carlos Secotaro, Diego Martinez Demaria, Luis Maria Pupi, Sonia Costantini, Daniel Piskorz and 5 more

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Article in Diseases (Basel, Switzerland), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. NCI-Designated Cancer Centers' Policies and Practices with regard to Alcohol and Cancer: A Call to Lead.Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Ricardo Lopez SantiDivision of Cardiology, Hospital Italiano de La Plata, Buenos Aires B1900, Argentina. lopezsan@live.com.ar.
Sohaib HaseebDepartment of Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 2V7, Canada. sohaib.haseeb@queensu.ca.
Bryce AlexanderDepartment of Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 2V7, Canada. balexander@qmed.ca.ORCID 0000-0002-6126-1752
Adrian D OvidioDivision of Cardiology, Hospital Rawson, San Juan J5402DRJ, Argentina. ahdovidio@gmail.com.
Sergio GimenezOSEP, Obra Social de los Empleados Públicos, Mendoza M5500, Argentina. sergiogimenez16@hotmail.com.
Carlos SecotaroDivision of Cardiology, CMP, Penta Medicina Cardiovascular M5500, Argentina. secotaro@gmail.com.
Diego Martinez DemariaDivision of Cardiology, Hospital Italiano de La Plata, Buenos Aires B1900, Argentina. diegorodrigo58@yahoo.com.ar.
Luis Maria PupiDivision of Cardiology, Clínica del Sol, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires C1425AYM, Argentina. lmpupi52@gmail.com.
Sonia CostantiniEspecialistas en Cardiología SRL, General Roca, Rio Negro R8332, Argentina. sscostantini@yahoo.es.
Daniel PiskorzCardiovascular Research Center of Sanatorio Británico SA, Rosario, Santa Fe S2000, Argentina. daniel.piskorz@hotmail.com.
Alejandro AmarillaInstitute of Cardiology Juana F. Cabral, Corrientes W3400CDS, Argentina. alexamarilla@hotmail.com.
Alberto LorenzattiMedical Institute/Rusculleda Foundation for Research, Cordoba X5022, Argentina. alberto.lorenzatti@gmail.com.
Narcisa GutierrezDepartment of Cardiology, Instituto Médico de Alta Complejidad IMAC, Salta A4400, Argentina. narcisa.gutierrez@gmail.com.
Wilma HopmanDepartment of Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 2V7, Canada. Wilma.Hopman@kingstonhsc.ca.
Adrian BaranchukDepartment of Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 2V7, Canada. Adrian.Baranchuk@kingstonhsc.ca.
Queen's University · CAHospital Italiano La Plata · ARInstituto Cardiovascular de Rosario · ARInstituto Médico DAMIC · ARNational University of Río Negro · AR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite epidemiological findings of improvements in cardiovascular risk factors with a light-to-moderate intake of alcohol, many misconceptions remain regarding alcohol intake and the risks and benefits of consumption. We sought to examine physician attitudes and recommendations regarding alcohol intake in a cohort of Argentine physicians and to establish their sources of knowledge. An online national survey was distributed through the Argentine Federation of Cardiology (FAC) to cardiologists, internal medicine specialists, general and other subspecialty physicians in Argentina. The survey was completed by 745 physicians, of whom 671 (90%) were cardiologists. In total, 35% of physicians viewed moderate alcohol intake to be beneficial for cardiovascular health, 36% believed only wine offered such benefits, 24% viewed any intake to be harmful, and 5% had other opinions. More than half (57%) self-reported their knowledge came from academic sources. Regarding knowledge of drinking guidelines, only 41% of physicians were aware of the concept of "standard drink". Physicians were generally not comfortable converting standard drinks into other metric units, however men tended to be more comfortable than women (

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alcohol drinkinghealth knowledgephysician attitudesstandard drinkwine

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PMID30200449
PMCPMC6165240
OpenAlexW2889672722

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