Scared to Death

Ujhelyi, Michael R.

doi:10.1592/phco.28.11.1311

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“…Along similar lines, a pattern of increased hospital admission for acute myocardial infarction was reported in England on the day of the country's 1998 World Cup soccer match against Argentina. This match involved a penalty shoot-out, and England lost (5,6,(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21)(22).…”

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“…Indeed, acute sympathetic nervous system activation increases blood catecholamine levels, cardiac output, and blood flow in direct response to increased metabolic workload. This appropriate physiologic response is not typically associated with adverse outcomes unless there is preexisting coronary disease, severe hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, chronic heart failure, or underlying disturbances of the cardiac rhythm .…”

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Early Repolarization, Acute Emotional Stress and Sudden Death

Palmière

Lesta

Vanhaebost

et al. 2013

Journal of Forensic Sciences

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We herein report the case of a 36-year-old man who died suddenly after a fight with another man. Forensic investigations included unenhanced computed tomography, postmortem angiography, autopsy, histology, neuropathology, toxicology, and biochemistry and allowed a traumatic cause of death to be excluded. An electrocardiogram recorded some years prior to death revealed the presence of an early repolarization pattern. Based on the results of all investigations, the cause of death was determined to be cardiac arrhythmia and cardiac arrest during an emotionally stressful event associated with physical assault. Direct third party involvement, however, was excluded, and the manner of death was listed as natural. The case was not pursued any further by the public prosecutor.

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