Section last updated: February 28, 2012
Alcohol and Cardiovascular Disease
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Impact of a healthy lifestyle on all-cause and cardiovascular mortality after stroke (Feb 2012) 
Is it the alcohol or the polyphenols in red wine (or both) that decrease cardiovascular disease in wine drinkers?  (Feb 2012)
Mediterranean-style diet and risk of ischemic stroke, myocardial infarction, and vascular death: the Northern Manhattan Study (Jan 2012)

Alcohol consumption and outcome in stable outpatients with peripheral artery disease (Jan 2012)
Similar effects of beer and wine on the risk of cardiovascular disease and of total mortality (Jan 2012)
Differences in effects on atherosclerosis of regular moderate drinking (Dec 2011)

Red wine prevents the postprandial increase in plasma cholesterol oxidation products: a pilot study (Sept 2011)
A review of interventional studies in humans showing effects of alcohol on risk factors for cardiovascular disease (May 2011)
Alcohol consumption and cardiovascular risk factors in older lifelong wine drinkers (April 2011)
Beer, Mediterranean diet and cardiovascular disease (Jan 2011)
Cardiovascular benefits of alcohol linked to notch molecule (Jan 2011)
Alcohol consumption and cardiovascular risk: mechanisms of action and epidemiologic perspectives
High-density lipoprotein subclasses are a potential intermediary between alcohol intake and reduced risk of cardiovascular disease (Aug 2010)
Cardiovascular and overall  mortality risk in relation to alcohol consumption in patients with cardiovascular disease (Aug 2010)
Alcohol consumption and cardiovascular risk: mechanisms of action and epidemiological perspectives (Jun 2010)
Alcohol consumption and risk of cardiovascular disease among hypertensive women (Jun 2010)
Alcohol consumption and mortality in patients with cardiovascular disease (Jun 2010)
Alcohol and cardiovascular mortality-  Common sense and scientific truth (Jun 2010)
Long-term wine consumption is related to cardiovascular mortality and life expectancy independently of moderate alcohol intake
Genetics can mediate vulnerability to alcohol’s effects during pregnancy
Support network may play role in benefits of drinking - Heart risks are found to be less pronounced in highly social men
Alcohol consumption and n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in healthy men and women from 3 European populations
Alcohol drinking and cardiovascular risk in a population with high mean alcohol consumption
Alcohol's impact on heart and stroke risk may differ for men and women
Teetotallers who begin to drink reduce their risk of cardiovascular disease
More on red wine’s healthfulness By Harvey E. Finkel, M.D
SUMMARY PAPER - Alcohol and cardiovascular diseases: A historical review and 2005 updateBy Arthur L. Klatsky
Alcohol and cardiovascular diseases: A historical review and 2005 update By Arthur L. Klatsky
The combined influence of leisure-time physical activity and weekly alcohol intake on fatal ischaemic heart disease and all-cause mortality
Wine,alcohol and cardiovascular risk: an epidemiological perspective presented by G. de Gaetano at Winehealth 2007
Does moderate drinking lower risk of heart failure?
A Mediterranean diet, red wine and haemostatic cardiovascular risk factors
In light drinkers, a moderate increase in Consumption may lower the risk of CVD
Moderate drinking and cardiovascular health
Alcohol consumption and risk of heart failure in the Physicians' health study
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