Alcohol Use Disorder and The Heart

Alcohol use has been one of the leading factors of the global burden of disease increasing the risk for different noncommunicable diseases, along with high fasting plasma glucose levels and obesity [1]. According to global statistics of World Health Organization on alcohol consumption, it is estimated a net CVD burden of 593000 deaths (3.3% of all CVD deaths) and 13 million CVD DALYs (3.2% of all CVD DALYs), and the average consumption of alcohol is highest in Europe with 8.71 liters and USA with 6.4 liters [2] Europeans and Australia citizens consume larger amounts of alcohol per capita in relation to other citizens around the globe ( 11.64 and 10.47 liters respectively) [3]. Use of alcohol and its effect on morbidity and mortality rates pose a substantial economic cost for the highand middle-income countries. The total healthcare cost (direct and indirect) accounts for approximately 2.5% of country’s GDP [4].