Alcohol consumption and prognosis in patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction after a myocardial infarction
David Aguilar, MD*,*,
Hicham Skali, MD*,
Lemuel A. Moyé, MD, PhD
,
Eldrin F. Lewis, MD, MPH*,
J. Michael Gaziano, MD, MPH*
,
John D. Rutherford, MD, FACC
,
L. Howard Hartley, MD, FACC*,
Otelio S. Randall, MD, FACC||,
Edward M. Geltman, MD, FACC¶,
Gervasio A. Lamas, MD, FACC#,
Jean L. Rouleau, MD, FACC**,
Marc A. Pfeffer, MD, PhD, FACC* and
Scott D. Solomon, MD, FACC*
* Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, Texas, USA
Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Massachusetts Veterans Epidemiology Research and Information Center (MAVERIC), Boston VA Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
University of Texas, Southwestern, Dallas, Texas, USA
|| Howard University Hospital, Washington, DC, USA
¶ Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
# Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami, Florida, USA
** University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada

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Figure 1 Composition of cohort at baseline and at follow-up visits according to level of reported alcohol consumption. Gray bars = heavy drinkers, white bars = light-to-moderate drinkers, black bars = nondrinkers.
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