Van Thiel D H, Gavaler J S, Lehotay D C
Recent Dev Alcohol. 1985;3:189-200. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4615-7715-7_15.
An overview of alcohol metabolism is presented followed by a discussion of the unique pathways for the metabolism of ethanol by the heart. The evidence for cardiac metabolic injury produced as a result of ethanol metabolism is then presented. Such injury involves the mitochondria, contractile proteins, and alterations in calcium fluxes and storage.
