Monday, November 05, 2007

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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Posted by Tom Beckman on 11/05 at 10:24 AM
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