The Sporting Heart
The Real Science of Sport Podcast
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Does Running Cause Heart Attacks?
Exercise can be a trigger for starting cardiac arrest in individuals who have an underlying heart condition. It's actually and this does actually expand cause of death that say American often those are 50 something year old athletes who've got heart attack related issues like atherosclerosis right. And so the problem then is that the catastrophic event tragic event happens in the spotlight of the thing that's meant to be the healthiest thing the person could possibly do.
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