Medically reviewed by Rafle Fernandez, MD Cardiomyopathy is a disease that affects the heart muscle (known as the myocardium) ...

Alcohol consumption is closely related to heart disease and can increase your risk for cardiovascular disease. The risk increases the more you drink and is most substantial for women. However ...

The 'other' category of circulatory disease mortality shown in Figure 1 includes deaths from alcoholic as well as non-alcoholic cardiomyopathies. As discussed further below, alcoholic ...