Complex association between alcohol consumption and myocardial infarction: always good for a new paradox

Affiliations

¹ From the Department of Neurology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria. stefan.kiechl@i-med.ac.at.
² From the Department of Neurology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria.

Editorial

Stefan Kiechl et al. Circulation. 2014.

. 2014 Jul 29;130(5):383-6.

doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.114.011036. Epub 2014 Jun 13.

¹ From the Department of Neurology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria. stefan.kiechl@i-med.ac.at.
² From the Department of Neurology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria.

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Keywords: Editorials; alcohol consumption; cardiovascular diseases; epidemiology; myocardial infarction.

Comment on

Patterns of alcohol consumption and myocardial infarction risk: observations from 52 countries in the INTERHEART case-control study.
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