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Enlarged Heart Ventricle Traced to Alcohol Intake! Article from Washington Post Health's December 12, 1989

If you enjoy a drink or two each day, the latest medical news is bad - especially if you are over age 50. Research suggests that drinking causes dangerous enlargement of the heart. And the doctors who conducted the study say it convinces them that older people should give up booze entirely for the sake of their hearts. The study found an association between alcohol consumption and enlargement of the left ventricle, the heart's main pumping chamber. :Even the smallest doses of alcohol seem to have some effect on left ventricular mass," says Teri A. Manolio of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesada.

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The findings were based on information from 1,968 men and 2,505 women who took part in the Framingham Heart Study in suburban Boston. "Age is also a factor," says Marolio," and our conclusion is that anyone past the age of 50 or so - and certainly anyone who already has an enlarged hart - would be better off not drinking at all." Left ventricular enlargement is associated with dangerous irregular heart rhythms. The more ventricular side increases, the greater the risk of heart failure and death. The link was more pronounced in men. While women's hearts appear to be less susceptible to the bad effects of alcohol, the researchers said, this may simply be because women typically drink less than men.

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