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You have probably seen it in a number of films or TV shows: a character has an angry outburst before clutching their chest and falling to the ground - they are having a heart attack. But a new study shows such portrayals are not far from the truth; dieu tri benh phinh tach thanh dong mach chu episodes of intense anger really can trigger a heart attack, particularly for those at high risk.

Conducted by researchers from the University of Sydney in Australia, the study also reveals that this increased risk of heart attack, or myocardial infarction (MI), lasts for 2 hours following an episode of intense anger.

The link between anger and increased risk of heart attack is not new. In March 2014, a study by researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, MA, suggested anger outbursts could raise the risk of heart attack, stroke and other cardiovascular events.

"Our findings confirm what has been suggested in prior studies and anecdotal evidence, even in films - that episodes of intense anger can act as a trigger for a heart attack," says lead author of this latest study Dr. Thomas Buckley, of the Sydney Nursing School at the University of Sydney.

In the US, around 735,000 people have a heart attack each year, and around 525,000 of these are first heart attacks.

Common risk factors for heart attack include high blood pressure, high cholesterol levels and smoking. But increasingly, loi ich cua thuoc coenzymeq10 researchers are investigating how psychological factors can trigger heart attack.
Episodes of anger, anxiety may increase heart attack risk by more than nine-fold

To reach their findings, which are published in the European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care, Dr. Buckley and his team recruited 313 participants with acute coronary occlusion - a blockage in an artery that supplies the heart muscle with blood, normally caused by thrombosis or atheroma.

All participants had been admitted to a primary angioplasty center in Sydney between 2006 and 2012 with a suspected heart attack.

In the 4 days following admission, participants were questioned about their activities in the 48 hours prior to onset of symptoms. They were asked to rate their levels of anger during these 48 hours o