Medical News Today reported earlier that a person’s risk of experiencing a heart attack increases for about 2 hours following violent outbursts. The results of the study published by the European Heart Journal document a review of 9 studies conducted between January 1966 and June 2013 that examined the link between anger and cardiovascular risk. The review was done by Harvard University researchers. Hit the jump for more on this.
Dr. Elizabeth Mostofsky, of Harvard University, stated that, “although the risk of experiencing an acute cardiovascular event with any single outburst of anger is relatively low, the risk can accumulate for people with frequent episodes of anger. This is particularly important for people who have higher risk due to other underlying risk factors or those who have already had a heart attack, stroke or diabetes.”
