Health, the cardiologist: "Stress from sports finals? In football it puts coronary arteries at risk"

Gabrielli (Foundation for Your Heart), 'as with Inter-Barcelona it can cause arrhythmia, increased blood pressure and heart attack', but the racket 'does not trigger the same reactions'

"Any situation of significant emotional stress, and we saw it also with the Champions League match between Inter and Barcelona, ​​can determine effects on the cardiovascular system with unfavorable events such as arrhythmias or increased blood pressure. Furthermore, subjects with existing cardiovascular diseases or who have excessive coronary spasm can encounter even more serious events. Coronary spasm in certain conditions can in fact lead to serious arrhythmia and heart attack. In Inter-Barcelona, ​​as in the match of the century Italy-Germany which ended 4-3, that level of emotional stress determines adrenaline and cortisol discharges through the roof, arrhythmias and even fatal cardiovascular events". This is what Domenico Gabrielli, president of the Fondazione per il Tuo cuore, told Adnkronos Salute on the sidelines of the 56th Congress of the National Association of Hospital Cardiologists (Anmco) which ends today in Rimini.

"The advice for the excited fans is to try to stay calm and not get carried away by emotion", recommends Gabrielli who, regarding the finals of the Rome International, featuring Jasmine Paolini who this afternoon faces the American Coco Gauff, and Jannik Sinner tomorrow evening against the Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, specifies and reassures: "Tennis does not trigger emotional reactions like football, there is nothing to fear".