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European Heart Journal 2008 29(1):4-6; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehm571
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Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved. © The Author 2007. For permissions please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

Is moderate drinking as effective as cholesterol lowering in reducing mortality in high-risk coronary patients?

Michel de Lorgeril1,*, Patricia Salen1, Thierry Corcos2, Pascal Defaye3, Martin Juneau4, Bruno Pavy5 and Nadir Saoudi6

1 CNRS UMR 5525, Coeur et Nutrition, PRETA-TIMC-IMAG, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Grenoble, France
2 Service de Cardiologie, Clinique Turin, Paris, France
3 Rythmologie et Stimulation Cardiaque, Département de Cardiologie, Hôpital Universitaire, Grenoble, France
4 Département de Médecine et de Cardiologie, Institut de Cardiologie de Montréal, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
5 Service de Réadaptation Cardiovasculaire, Centre Hospitalier de Machecoul, France
6 Service de Cardiologie, Centre Hospitalier Princesse Grace, Monaco

* Corresponding author. Tel: +33 476 63 74 71; fax: +33 476 63 71 52. E-mail: michel.delorgeril@ujf-grenoble.fr

This editorial refers to ‘Alcohol and long-term prognosis after a first acute myocardial infarction: the SHEEP study’ by I. Janszky et al., on page 45

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Most physicians know that alcohol drinking during pregnancy is criminal. Drinking before driving is just as criminal. We all know that chronic heavy drinking can result in liver cirrhosis or Wernicke–Korsakoff syndrome, and that even exceptional binge drinking can result in violence, unsafe sex, and cardiac death. On the other hand, the medical and scientific literature shows that moderate drinking (1–2 drinks/day for women and 2–4 drinks/day for men) is associated with a better life expectancy in the general population as well as in patients with established coronary heart disease (CHD).1–3 The study by Janszky et al.4 is an additional report showing the protective effect of moderate drinking in Swedish . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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