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Heart attack awaits on the road

03.01.2006

A study in Germany has shown a link between travel and heart attacks.

Doctors interviewed about 700 people who had had a heart attack in the last 30 months. All respondents live in Augsburg, a small town in southern Germany. They were asked questions about their lifestyle in the last four days before the disease and about the time when they felt unwell.

It turned out that an hour before the heart attack, most of the recovered patients were on the road, mainly in their personal cars. The respondents traveled mostly within their city. In general, in the first hour after a trip, the risk of a heart attack increases three times compared to the hour period after other activities. For those who traveled by public transport, on a motorcycle or bicycle, the frequency of heart attacks increased somewhat less, but the noted effect exists for them.

The probability of a heart attack is higher, the more time spent on the road. The reasons for this phenomenon are unclear. Perhaps the point is psychological stress (although it is significantly lower for a bus passenger than for a driver). Or maybe the air pollution on the roads.

It has been previously proven that the smallest particles of soot from car exhausts are dangerous for the heart.

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