Cardiovascular Events during World Cup Soccer

Wilbert-Lampen, Ute; M. Leistner, David; Greven, Sonja; Pohl, Tilmann; Sper, Sebastian; Völker, Christoph; Güthlin, Denise; Plasse, Andrea; Knez, Andreas; Küchenhoff, Helmut; Steinbeck, Gerhard

doi:10.1056/nejmoa0707427

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Cardiovascular Events during World Cup Soccer

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Jan 30, 2008

Authors:

Ute Wilbert-Lampen

David M. Leistner

Sonja Greven

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup, held in Germany from June 9 to July 9, 2006, provided an opportunity to examine the relation between emotional stress and the incidence of cardiovascular events. METHODS: Cardiovascular events occurring in patients i...

Subject

Medicine

Football

Incidence (geometry)

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