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Scientists from Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston found that heart rhythms from people with implantable defibrillators (ICDs) proved that there was a definite connection between a person's anger and his or her heart going out of rhythm, a condition known as arrhythmia.

The researchers used 1 188 patients with ICDs and asked them to record events whenever the device delivered a shock in order to bring their heart back into rhythm. Of the 199 recorded shocks, 15 of them - about 7.5 percent - were preceded by an event involving at least a moderate amount of anger.

And, "If they were very angry, or furious, there was about a 16.7-fold increased risk of having the ICD shock for these life-threatening rhythm disturbances," said Dr Christine M. Albert, lead author of the study. The scientists concluded it was important to offer more information - for both doctors and patients - about anger management, in order to reduce the incidences of a heart rhythm-adjusting shock that people with ICDs experience. – (HealthDayNews)

November 2006
 

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