Alcohol Consumption of Patients With Supraventricular Tachyarrhythmias Other Than Atrial Fibrillation

99 consecutive patients (53 men and 46 women) under 65 years of age with sustained re-entry and automatic supraventricular tachyarrhythmias (50 with supraventricular tachycardia, 30 with atrial flutter, and 19 with paroxysmal atrial tachycardia).

Recent alcohol consumption (during the week preceding the arrhythmia).

Two control groups: 1) Emergency Room patients matched for age and sex; 2) randomly selected general out-of-hospital population (44 men, 22 women, mean age 48.7 years).

Occurrence of supraventricular tachyarrhythmias.