Canary Islands cardiologists' attitudes toward alcohol and cardiovascular health.

Alcohol consumption constitutes a major part of Western culture1. The World Health Organization estimated that alcohol is consumed by more than half of the population in the Americas, Europe, and the West Pacific2. Although the adverse effects of alcohol abuse related to physical, mental, and specifically cardiovascular health are well-established, the cardiovascular nature of controlled, light-to-moderate intake remains a topic of debate in the literature.