Physical Activity and Anger or Emotional Upset as Triggers of Acute Myocardial Infarction: The INTERHEART Study

Circulation

Volumn 134, Issue 15, 2016, Pages 1059-1067

  Smyth, Andrew ^a,b   O'Donnell, Martin ^a,b   Lamelas, Pablo ^a   Teo, Koon ^a   Rangarajan, Sumathy ^a   Yusuf, Salim ^a  

^a HAMILTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

epidemiology; myocardial infarction; precipitating factors

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; EMOTION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; AGED; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ODDS RATIO; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; TIME FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICAL EXERTION; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84992060935     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.116.023142     Document Type: Article

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