{"id":4196,"date":"2024-10-23T11:22:42","date_gmt":"2024-10-23T00:22:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/holiday-heart-syndrome-is-no-holiday-for-the-heart-acute-alcohol-consumption-and-its-impact-on-heart-rate-and-arrhythmias\/"},"modified":"2024-10-23T11:22:42","modified_gmt":"2024-10-23T00:22:42","slug":"holiday-heart-syndrome-is-no-holiday-for-the-heart-acute-alcohol-consumption-and-its-impact-on-heart-rate-and-arrhythmias","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/holiday-heart-syndrome-is-no-holiday-for-the-heart-acute-alcohol-consumption-and-its-impact-on-heart-rate-and-arrhythmias\/","title":{"rendered":"“Holiday Heart Syndrome\u201d is no \u2018holiday\u2019 for the heart! Acute Alcohol Consumption and Its Impact on Heart Rate and Arrhythmias"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"cheers\"Acute alcohol consumption has long been associated with various cardiac arrhythmias, a phenomenon often referred to as \u201choliday heart syndrome.\u201d This term describes the occurrence of cardiac arrhythmias, including atrial fibrillation, following episodes of excessive alcohol intake. The specific effects of acute alcohol consumption on the heart, however, remain under- explored. A prospective cohort study, as detailed in Practice Update, sheds light on the temporal progression of cardiac arrhythmias in young adults subsequent to binge drinking episodes.<\/p>\n

Study Design and Methodology<\/strong><\/p>\n

This comprehensive study involved 202 volunteers who planned to engage in acute alcohol consumption, with anticipated peak breath alcohol concentrations (BAC) of \u22651.2 g\/kg. Participants underwent a 48-hour electrocardiogram (ECG) monitoring across several phases: baseline (hour 0), \u2018drinking period\u2019 (hours 1-5), \u2018recovery period\u2019 (hours 6-19), and two control periods following the \u2018drinking\u2019 and \u2018recovery periods\u2019. BAC measurements were taken to monitor acute alcohol intake during the \u2018drinking period\u2019. The ECG recordings were analysed for mean heart rate, atrial tachycardia, premature atrial complexes (PACs), premature ventricular complexes (PVCs), and heart rate variability (HRV).<\/p>\n

Key Findings on Heart Rate and Arrhythmias<\/strong><\/p>\n

The study revealed a significant increase in heart rate associated with alcohol intake. This was accompanied by an excess of atrial tachycardia events. HRV analyses indicated a modulation of autonomic function, characterised by sympathetic activation during alcohol consumption and the subsequent \u2018recovery period\u2019, with a shift towards parasympathetic predominance thereafter. Notably, PACs were more prevalent during the \u2018control periods\u2019, while PVCs showed increased frequency during the \u2018drinking period\u2019.<\/p>\n

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Acute alcohol consumption has long been associated with various cardiac arrhythmias, a phenomenon often referred to as \u201choliday heart syndrome.\u201d This term describes the occurrence of cardiac arrhythmias, including atrial fibrillation, following episodes of excessive alcohol intake. The specific effects of acute alcohol consumption on the heart, however, remain under- explored. A prospective cohort study, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4195,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dalgorno-monitoring-alcohol"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4196"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4196\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}