PulseExploreJournal ClubResearchersJournals
Instagram
HomeJournal ClubExplore
Synapse
⌘+K
Synapse
October 11, 2004Archives of Internal Medicine

Alcohol and Risk of Atrial Fibrillation or Flutter

View Full Paper
Ask AI
Bookmark
Share

Why the study?

Does alcohol consumption increase the risk of atrial fibrillation or flutter?

Population

Men and women

Authors

LFLars FrostPVPeter Vestergaard

Discussion

Loading...

Member takes

Overview

Suggests sex-specific alcohol-AF associations; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.

Structured PICO

Does alcohol consumption increase the risk of atrial fibrillation or flutter?

P
Population
Men and women
I
Intervention
Alcohol consumption
O
Outcome
Atrial fibrillation or flutterhard clinical

Alcohol consumption is associated with an increased risk of atrial fibrillation or flutter in men, but moderate consumption does not appear to increase this risk in women.

Cite This Study

Frost et al. (2004) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69da7e37114855a5126840c8https://doi.org/10.1001/archinte.164.18.1993
View Full Paper
Ask AI
Bookmark
Share