Sporting events affect spectators' cardiovascular mortality: It is not just a game

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 123, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 972-977

  Leeka, Justin ^a   Schwartz, Bryan G ^a   Kloner, Robert A ^a,b  

^a GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Coronary disease; Mental stress; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ENDOTHELIN 1; HYDROCORTISONE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANGER; ANXIETY; AORTA RUPTURE; BLOOD VISCOSITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET RESTRICTION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; FOOTBALL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DEATH; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; HEART VENTRICLE CONTRACTILITY; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; ICE HOCKEY; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; ISCHEMIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPID DIET; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MENTAL STRESS; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SHEAR STRESS; SMOKING CESSATION; SPORT; SPORTING EVENT; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; STRESS MANAGEMENT; TACHYCARDIA; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; THROMBOCYTE FUNCTION; THROMBOGENESIS; THROMBOSIS; TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; VAGUS TONE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASOCONSTRICTION;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FOOTBALL; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOCKEY; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RISK FACTORS; SOCCER; SPORTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 78049422336     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2010.03.026     Document Type: Review

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