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ReviewEuropean cardiology2023

Alcohol and Heart Failure.

Debar Rasoul, Ashwin Ajay, Alend Abdullah, Jean Mathew, Benjamin Lee Wei En, Knievel Mashida, Rajiv Sankaranarayanan

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In one paragraph

Review in European cardiology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
11citing papers in PubMed
4.3field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Marital Failure and Subsequent Heart Failure: A Prospective Study.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Debar RasoulCardiology Department, Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Liverpool, UK.
Ashwin AjayCardiology Department, Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Liverpool, UK.
Alend AbdullahCardiology Department, The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust Dudley, UK.
Jean MathewCardiology Department, Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Liverpool, UK.
Benjamin Lee Wei EnCardiology Department, Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Liverpool, UK.
Knievel MashidaSchool of Medicine, University of Liverpool Liverpool, UK.
Rajiv SankaranarayananCardiology Department, Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Liverpool, UK.
University of Liverpool · GBDudley Group NHS Foundation Trust · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alcohol is the most frequently consumed toxic substance in the world and remains a major global public health issue, with one in three adults consuming it worldwide. Alcohol use is a leading risk factor for disease, contributing to over 60 acute and chronic health conditions, with a particularly complex association with cardiovascular disease. Chronic excessive alcohol consumption is associated with a range of cardiac complications, including decreased myocardial contractility, hypertension, arrhythmias, MI and heart failure. However, low-level alcohol consumption is believed to have a protective effect against ischaemic heart disease and diabetes. In most cohort studies, small to moderate amounts of alcohol consumption have not been linked to heart failure, indicating a threshold effect of alcohol with individual (possibly genetic) predisposition rather than a continuous effect of exposure. This review article explores the potential benefits of alcohol on the heart, the association between alcohol use and alcoholic cardiomyopathy and the epidemiology, clinical correlates and management of alcoholic cardiomyopathy.

Indexed as

Alcoholalcoholic cardiomyopathyheart failure

Identifiers

PMID38213665
PMCPMC10782426
OpenAlexW4390544369

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Registered trials

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