[Effect of alcohol on the calcium and protein content of the subcellular fractions of the human myocardium].

It was established that in the persons who had died from acute ethanol intoxication the processes of calcium compartmentalization in myocardiocytes are disordered and characterized by a decrease of calcium content in mitochondria and sarcoplasmic reticulum and an increase of its concentration in the supernatant fluid. Alcohol-induced changes of calcium compartmentalization in myocardiocytes may cause cardiac disorders and be, in particular, one of the possible links in the thanatogenesis of sudden death.