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The Holiday Party That Turned Deadly
It started at a holiday party.
Laughter, champagne, a toast — then a collapse.
A fifty-two-year-old, active and healthy, suddenly lost consciousness.
Paramedics did CPR and shocked her heart twice.
She survived — barely.
Doctors called it Holiday Heart Syndrome: an alcohol-triggered arrhythmia that can kill.
What Is Holiday Heart?
Holiday Heart arises after binge or even moderate drinking, especially around celebrations. Alcohol irritates heart cells, disrupts electrolytes, and scrambles electrical signals, which can trigger atrial fibrillation — an…
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