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Types of Cardiomyopathy and Treatment Options
Medically reviewed by Rafle Fernandez, MD Cardiomyopathy is a disease that affects the heart muscle (known as the myocardium) ...
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Understanding the Link Between Alcohol and Heart Disease
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 ...
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Alcohol Increases Circulatory Disease Mortality in Russia: Acute and Chronic Effects or Misattribution of Cause?
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 ...
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An MRI Scan of a Heart with Alcoholic Cardiomyopathy (Left) Compared with a Healthy Heart (Right) (IMAGE)
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 ...