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Does lifetime alcohol consumption affect cardiac systolic time intervals in middle-aged men?
Does lifetime alcohol consumption affect cardiac systolic time intervals in middle-aged men?
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Increased lifetime alcohol consumption is associated with decreased cardiac preejection period and its ratio to left ventricular ejection time, suggesting increased myocardial contractility.
In a general population of middle-aged men, there was a decrease in cardiac preejection period and in the ratio of preejection period to left ventricular ejection time with an increase in lifetime alcohol consumption. An increase in myocardial contractility with increased alcohol consumption is suggested.
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