Severe Physical and Emotional Stress May Cause Catastrophic Tear in Aorta
Intense physical exertion or an extreme emotion, like shoveling snow or anxiety over big gambling losses, can cause a rupture in the main artery leading to and from the heart, according to a Yale School of Medicine study in the American Journal of Cardiology.
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Role of Exertion or Emotion as Inciting Events for Acute Aortic Dissection
The American Journal of Cardiology, Volume 100, Issue 9, 1 November 2007, Pages 1470-1472
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