Zimmermann Andreas J, Conen David
Department of Medicine, University Hospital, Petersgraben 4, 4031 Basel, Switzerland.
J Atr Fibrillation. 2012 Dec 16;5(4):433. doi: 10.4022/jafib.433. eCollection 2012 Dec.
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia worldwide. The close relationship between acute excesses of alcohol and the occurrence of AF even in healthy individuals has been known for several decades. More recently, a significant relationship has been consistently observed between elevated consumption of alcoholic beverages on a regular basis and an increased risk of developing AF. However, the amount of alcohol needed to confer an increased risk of AF is rather elevated, approximately two alcoholic beverages per day in women and four to five alcoholic beverages per day in men, suggesting that on a population level, alcohol is not a major contributor to the global AF epidemic.
心房颤动（AF）是全球最常见的心律失常。即使在健康个体中，急性过量饮酒与房颤发生之间的密切关系已为人所知数十年。最近，人们一直观察到经常大量饮用酒精饮料与患房颤风险增加之间存在显著关系。然而，导致房颤风险增加所需的酒精量相当高，女性约为每天两杯酒精饮料，男性为每天四到五杯酒精饮料，这表明在人群层面上，酒精并非全球房颤流行的主要因素。
