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Can years of alcohol and drug abuse result in a person's heart just giving out one day in a sudden cardiac arrest?
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Years of alcohol: abuse can lead to an alcoholic cardiomyopathy. Cardiomyopathy can lead to ventricular arrhythmia. Ventricular arrhythmia can lead to sudden death. In short, Yes.
Answered 4/25/2016
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