Section last updated: April 22, 2013
Alcohol and Heart Attack
Possible prevention of myocardial infarction from alcohol’s effects on periodontal disease: An hypothesis (Mar 2013)

Moderate alcohol consumption both prior to, and following, a myocardial infarction is associated with lower risk of mortality (May 2012)
Heart attack survivors may benefit from moderate alcohol consumption (May 2012)
Alcohol consumption patterns, beverage type, and long-term mortality among women survivors of acute myocardial infarction (Dec 2011)
Alcohol consumption and risk of second heart attack and death in patients with existing heart disease or diabetes (Oct 2010)
The effects of moderate alcohol consumption after heart attack (Oct 2010)
Alcohol protects men from heart disease, study suggests (Jun 2010)
Drinking patterns and myocardial infarction: a linear dose-response model
Exercise, alcohol and heart health/fatal heart attacks
Reduced long-term cardiovascular risk in moderate drinkers following a complicated acute myocardial infarction
Combining healthy behaviours, including moderate drinking, reduces MI in women
Alcohol and long-term prognosis after a first acute myocardial infarction: the SHEEP study
Does binge drinking affect prognosis after myocardial infarction?
Women’s risk of heart attack lowered by moderate drinking
Men with hypertension who drink moderate amounts of alcohol may have a lower risk of heart attack
Alcohol consumption and on-year angina risk after myocardial infarction
Effect of moderate red wine intake on cardiac prognosis after recent acute myocardial infarction of subjects with type 2 diabetes mellitus
Drinking frequency, mediating biomarkers, and myocardial infarction
Beer and heart attack risk
Regular modest wine drinking may reduce risk of second heart attack
'The Effect of beer drinking on risk of myocardial infarction: population based case-control study' BMJ 2000;320:1378-1379 ( 20 May )
Moderate alcohol intake associated with lower mortality in men who have previously suffered a heart attack
Oral contraceptives and heart attack: results of the MICA case control study
by Dr Erik Skovenborg
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