| Title | Acute alcohol ingestion reduces heart rate variability. | ||
| Author | Weise, F; Krell, D; Brinkhoff, N | ||
| Journal | Drug Alcohol Depend | Publication Year/Month | 1986-May |
| PMID | 3720535 | PMCID | -N/A- |
Blood pressure, heart rate and heart rate variability (HRV) prior and during acute ethanol intoxication (0.7 g/kg) were studied in 8 healthy volunteers. Blood pressure and heart rate remained unaltered during intoxication. While HRV was significantly reduced immediately after ingestion (2P = 0.01). It is speculated that the reduction of HRV after heavy ethanol consumption contributes to the genesis of cardiac arrhythmias in chronic alcoholics with or without clinical evidence of heart disease.