1. This image shows a cross-section of the length of a heart with alcoholic cardiomyopathy. The overall size of the heart is enlarged. The main pumping chamber of the heart (shown in this image as ...

Drinking, especially binge drinking, can raise blood pressure and heart rate, increase your risk for heart attack, and even lead to a condition called alcoholic cardiomyopathy, a type of heart ...

As discussed further below, alcoholic cardiomyopathy is a well-known consequence of long-term heavy drinking. However, it is only since 2005 that routinely available mortality data for Russia have ...

Back in 2018 when he was 77, the actor confessed to the "Washington Post" that he had been diagnosed with alcoholic cardiomyopathy. This is a heart disease caused by sustained excessive alcohol ...