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The Effect of Alcohol on the Circulatory System Adaptation to Physical Effort

Konstanty Markiewicz, Marian Cholewa

SUMMARY. Alcohol consumption before physical exercise causes greater increases in heart rate and smaller increases in systolic blood pressure than in the absence of alcohol consumption. The recovery period is impeded by impaired myocardial performance and is longer than in the absence of alcohol consumption.