Physical Activity and Anger or Emotional Upset as Triggers of Acute Myocardial Infarction
Author(s) -
Andrew Smyth,
Martin O’Donnell,
Pablo Lamelas,
Koon Teo,
Sumathy Rangarajan,
Salim Yusuf
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.116.023142
Subject(s) - medicine , odds ratio , odds , anger , myocardial infarction , population , confidence interval , cardiology , physical therapy , psychiatry , environmental health , logistic regression
Physical exertion, anger, and emotional upset are reported to trigger acute myocardial infarction (AMI). In the INTERHEART study, we explored the triggering association of acute physical activity and anger or emotional upset with AMI to quantify the importance of these potential triggers in a large, international population.
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