Cardiologists of the University Medical Center Mainz published research findings in the trade Journal Scientific Reports
Weak hearts are no longer able to sufficiently supply the organism with blood. Approximately 1.8 Million affected People live in Germany. Heart failure caused by alcohol abuse is responsible for more than one fifth of the heart muscle diseases (myocardial diseases) not caused by a circulatory disorder.
A Research Group of the Center of Cardiology at the University Medical Center Mainz now successfully described how Ethanol supports the production of Oxygen radicals with devasting consequences.
These Oxygen radicals again disturb the function of the mitochondria, the power plants of the cell. Heart muscle cells get destroyed and an irreparable heart muscle damage arises.
These findings were published in the renowned Journal Scientific Research, which is published by the Nature Publishing Group.