Holiday Heart Syndrome, which affects the atria, does not extend to the ventricles (IMAGE)

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Holiday Heart Syndrome, which affects the atria, does not extend to the ventricles

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Investigators determined that the relationships between alcohol consumption and ventricular arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death were quite different. Left: Association of total alcohol consumption and incident ventricular arrhythmias; Right: Association of total alcohol consumption and sudden cardiac death.

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