Physio-pathological effects of alcohol on the cardiovascular system : its role in hypertension and cardiovascular disease

• Published in: Hypertension research Vol. 33; no. 3; pp. 181 - 191
• Main Author: Kawano, Yuhei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.03.2010
• Subjects: 631/443/592; 692/699/75; 692/700/139/422; alcohol; blood pressure; Blood Pressure - drug effects; Blood Pressure - physiology; cardiovascular disease; Cardiovascular Diseases - physiopathology; Cardiovascular Diseases - prevention & control; Cardiovascular System - drug effects; Cardiovascular System - physiopathology; Ethanol - adverse effects; Ethanol - pharmacology; Ethanol - therapeutic use; Female; Geriatrics/Gerontology; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention; Humans; Hypertension - etiology; Hypertension - physiopathology; Internal Medicine; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Obstetrics/Perinatology/Midwifery; Public Health; review; Water-Electrolyte Balance - drug effects; Water-Electrolyte Balance - physiology; alcohol; blood pressure; cardiovascular disease

Alcohol has complex effects on the cardiovascular system. The purpose of this article is to review physio-pathological effects of alcohol on cardiovascular and related systems and to describe its role in hypertension and cardiovascular disease. The relationship between alcohol and hypertension is we...