Holiday season for a healthy heart.

Department

Nursing

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America

Abstract

The term 'holiday heart' is defined as an acute cardiac arrhythmia or conduction disturbance associated with heavy alcohol intake in individuals with no known heart disease, but in whom heart rhythm is restored to normal with abstinence of alcohol. This article provides a brief overview of the literature on this topic, discusses causes of increased cardiac events during the holiday season, describes a patient profile and the effect on patients' health as well as on their families, and provides suggestions to decrease the risk of holiday heart during the festive season.

First Page

519

Last Page

525

DOI

10.1016/j.ccell.2012.07.007

Volume

24

Issue

4

Publication Date

12-1-2012

PubMed ID

23089657

Link to Full Text

Share

COinS