‘Angry outbursts increase risk of heart attacks’

Outbursts of anger may trigger heart attacks, strokes and other cardiovascular problems in the two hours immediately afterwards.

The finding emerged from the first study that evaluated previous research on the link between extreme emotion and all cardiovascular outcomes.

The study, published today in the European Heart Journal, found that in the two hours immediately after an angry outburst there was a fivefold increase of a heart attack.