Cardiovascular risk in subjects watching football matches
Authors:
V. Bartoš
Authors‘ workplace:
Přednosta: prof. MUDr. Terezie Pelikánová, DrSc.
; Centrum diabetologie Institutu klinické a experimentální medicíny, Praha
Published in:
Prakt. Lék. 2008; 88(6): 346-347
Category:
Of different specialties
Overview
This review article outlines the incidence of cardiovascular events in subjects whilst watching football matches. The course of a match often represents a stress situation which activates hormones that influence cardiovascular function. The risk of cardiac infarction is especially increased in diabetic patients.
Key words:
football, stress, diabetes.
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