SNOW SHOVELING - A TRIGGER FOR ACUTE MYOCCARDIAL INFARCTION AND SUDDEN CORONARY DEATH

Authors
FRANKLIN BA BONZHEIM K GORDON S TIMMIS GC
Citation
Ba. Franklin et al., SNOW SHOVELING - A TRIGGER FOR ACUTE MYOCCARDIAL INFARCTION AND SUDDEN CORONARY DEATH, The American journal of cardiology, 77(10), 1996, pp. 855
Citations number
33
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
The American journal of cardiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029149
Volume
77
Issue
10
Year of publication
1996
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9149(1996)77:10<855:SS-ATF>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
Increased cardiac death due to shoveling of heavy snow has been report ed both in the lay and medical press. We obtained cardiorespiratory me asurements of 10 healthy, sedentary men during snow shoveling and maxi mal treadmill testing, and our results and those of other investigator s suggest that the combination of vigorous physical exertion plus a di seased or susceptible heart, rather than the exertion itself, constitu tes the major cardiovascular risk of snow shoveling.