Arrhythmia Risk During the 2016 US Presidential Election: The Cost of Stressful Politics

Arrhythmia Risk During the 2016 US Presidential Election: The Cost of Stressful Politics

Background Anger and extreme stress can trigger potentially fatal cardiovascular events in susceptible people. Political elections, such as the 2016 US presidential election, are significant stressors. Whether they can trigger cardiac arrhythmias is unknown. Methods and Results In this retrospective...

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Main Authors: Lindsey Rosman, Elena Salmoirago‐Blotcher, Rafat Mahmood, Hannan Yang, Quefeng Li, Anthony J. Mazzella, Jeffrey Lawrence Klein, Joseph Bumgarner, Anil Gehi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021-06-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Subjects:
arrhythmia
implantable cardioverter‐defibrillator
mental stress
pacemaker
triggers
Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.120.020559

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