One alcoholic drink raises risk of irregular heartbeat: study suggests
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A single alcoholic drink was associated with a two-fold increased risk of atrial fibrillation, or irregular heartbeat, researchers found.
"Contrary to a common belief that atrial fibrillation is associated with heavy alcohol consumption, it appears that even one alcohol drink may be enough to increase the risk," Dr. Gregory Marcus, professor of medicine in the Division of Cardiology at UCSF, said in a statement. "Our results show that the occurrence of atrial fibrillation might be neither random nor unpredictable," Marcus said. "Instead, there may be identifiable and modifiable ways of preventing an acute heart arrhythmia episode." Results also associated at least two drinks with an over three-fold increased risk of atrial fibrillation over the next four hours, and identified a correlation between blood alcohol concentration and heightened risk of irregular heartbeat. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, "atrial fibrillation, often called AFib or AF, is the most common type of treated heart arrhythmia. An arrhythmia is when the heart beats too slowly, too fast, or in an irregular way."
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