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Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift
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01.08.2012 | case report

Can triggers be cumulative in inducing heart attack in soccer game spectators?

verfasst von: Christoph Tasch, MD, Lorenz Larcher, MD

Erschienen in: Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift | Ausgabe 15-16/2012

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Summary

Emotional stress and excitement associated with watching soccer matches has been suggested to act as an external trigger for the onset of acute coronary syndromes. We report about a patient of Italian nationality who developed acute coronary syndrome while watching the European football championship match Switzerland vs. Turkey in 2008. Although greater emotional intensity was possibly involved while watching his country play two days earlier (Italy vs Netherlands), he developed no symptoms. Hence, this case throws some interesting light on what can be considered as an acute trigger by discussing the assumption of a cumulative effect regarding to the potential trigger two days before and in which way psychological stress may have influence on the onset of acute coronary syndromes.
Vorheriger Artikel Einfluss eines überwachten Gefäßtrainings auf Gehgeschwindigkeit, Gehstrecke und Lebensqualität bei peripherer arterieller Verschlusskrankheit
Nächster Artikel Kathetergestützter Aortenklappenersatz: eine neue therapeutische Option der Aortenklappenstenose?
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Metadaten
Titel
Can triggers be cumulative in inducing heart attack in soccer game spectators?
verfasst von
Christoph Tasch, MD
Lorenz Larcher, MD
Publikationsdatum
01.08.2012
Verlag
Springer-Verlag
Erschienen in
Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift / Ausgabe 15-16/2012
Print ISSN: 0043-5341
Elektronische ISSN: 1563-258X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10354-012-0137-5

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