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At a high dose (more than 60 g/day for men and 40 g/day for women) and chronic consumption (usually more than 10 years), alcohol increases the atherosclerosis process with coronary, cerebral, and peripheral vascular involvement, increases arterial hypertension, and causes progressive myocardial damage (alcoholic dilated cardiomyopathy) as well as induction of arrhythmias (7) In this article, well examine the global effects that alcohol exerts on the heart myocytes, the so-called alcoholic cardiomyopathy

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Tests to diagnose the cause of heart palpitations include: Electrocardiogram (ECG) Echocardiogram (echo) Stress test (treadmill test) Electrophysiology test (EP study) Esophageal electrophysiologic procedure Tilt table test Diagnostic monitors Holter monitor Transtelephonic monitor Cardiac catheterization (cardiac cath) Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan of the heart Computed tomography (CT) scan of the heart Blood tests: brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) or N-terminal pro-BNP (NT-proBNP) or cardiac enzymes such as Troponin What Is the Treatment for Heart Palpitations