3a. Intro: Alcohol and the Heart

As we discovered in lesson 1, alcohol, and more specifically alcohol abuse, can cause damage to the heart. Excessive drinking will slowly weaken the heart muscle and result in long-term effects that can lead to, or worsen, heart disease.

In this lesson, we will discuss how alcohol impacts our heart, including cardiomyopathy, irregular heart beat, stroke, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and heart disease treatment.