Sentences with phrase «trigger cardiac events»

Research by Dr. Arthur Siegel, director of Internal Medicine at Harvard's McLean Hospital, also found that long - distance running leads to high levels of inflammation that may trigger cardiac events.

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Even if a state's concussion safety law does cover community - based, private sports programs, very few states have enacted laws that cover all aspects of youth sports safety, such as requiring more broad - based safety training for coaches in first - aid, CPR, and the use of an AED, and the development and implementation of an Emergency Action Plan (EAP) to be triggered in case of medical emergencies, such as a cardiac event (e.g. sudden cardiac arrest), asthma attack, allergic reaction to a bee sting, or heat stroke, and environmental emergencies (lighting, tornado, or an excessively high heat index).

It is known that sexual activity may trigger non-fatal cardiac events such as myocardial infarction, but researchers in this study sought to determine if sexual activity is a potential trigger for SCA in the general population.

David Frid, MD, a cardiologist at the Cleveland Clinic who was not involved in the study, agrees that «emotional triggers» can set off heart attacks and other cardiac events.