Cardiovascular Events during World Cup Soccer

Wilbert-Lampen, Ute; Leistner, David M.; Greven, Sonja; Pohl, Tilmann; Sper, Sebastian; Völker, Christoph; Güthlin, Denise; Plasse, Andrea; Knez, Andreas; Küchenhoff, Helmut; Steinbeck, Gerhard

doi:10.1056/nejmoa0707427

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“…Although the psychological upheaval caused by earthquakes and wars cannot be equated with the stress caused by sporting events, it is likely that sporting events increase the risk of cardiovascular events. Several studies have found that soccer matches are related to increased cardiac emergencies and myocardial infarction 7, 8. Conversely, mortality from myocardial infarction decreased in France after a World Cup final in 1998 9.…”

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Grand Sumo Tournaments and Out‐of‐Hospital Cardiac Arrests in Tokyo

Hagihara

Onozuka

Hasegawa

et al. 2018

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BackgroundSumo wrestling is a demanding sport. Although watching sumo wrestling may have cardiovascular effects, no studies of this relationship have been performed. Thus, we aimed to evaluate the association between sumo wrestling tournaments and the rate of out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrests.Methods and ResultsWe counted the daily number of patients aged 18 to 110 years who had an out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrest of presumed‐cardiac origin in the Tokyo metropolis between 2005 and 2014. A Poisson regression was used to model out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrests of presumed‐cardiac origin per day. Exposure days were the days on which a sumo tournament was held and broadcast, whereas control days were all other days. Events that occurred on exposure days were compared with those that occurred on control days. Risk ratios for out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrests on Grand Sumo tournaments days compared with control days were estimated. In total, 71 882 out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrests met the inclusion criteria. We recorded a 9% increase in the occurrence of out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrests on the day of a sumo tournament compared with control days. In patients aged 75 to 110 years, we found a 13% increase in the occurrence of out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrests on the day of a sumo tournament compared with control days.ConclusionsWe found a significant increase in the occurrence of out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrests on the days of sumo tournaments compared with control days in the Tokyo metropolis between 2005 and 2014. Further studies are needed to verify these initial findings on sumo tournaments and cardiovascular events.

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“…Watching sumo is popular among elderly people 11. Acute mental stress increases the risk of a variety of cardiovascular events 7, 8, 12. Since sumo is fierce struggle which causes increased emotions in spectators, it is possible that watching sumo matches increases the risk of cardiovascular events, particularly among elderly people.…”

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Grand Sumo Tournaments and Out‐of‐Hospital Cardiac Arrests in Tokyo

Hagihara

Onozuka

Hasegawa

et al. 2018

JAHA

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“…The recently published and already celebrated analysis of coronary heart disease clinical presentations in German nationals in Munich during the 2006 Fédération Internationale de Football Association World Cup provides a telling example in demonstrating a dose-response relationship of the level of acute mental stress (judged from the closeness of the contest and the particular relevance of the result to Germany), and presumably sympathetic nervous activation, to cardiac events. 2 The case is no less strong that chronic sympathetic activation is similarly adverse. In patients with heart failure, the cardiac sympathetic outflow is preferentially and often very highly activated.…”

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Sympathetic Nervous Activation in Essential Hypertension

Esler

2010

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“…18 On these days, myocardial infarction and major arrhythmia admissions increased 3 times compared to the same day in previous years ( Figure 3). The highest incidence of cardiac events occurred during the first two hours of the games.…”

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