Watching National Team Matches in World Cup Soccer 2014 on Television was Associated with Increasing Frequency of Premature Ventricular Contractions
Tomoyuki Shiozawa1, Kazunori Shimada1*, Gaku Sekita1, Hidemori Hayashi1, Haruna Tabuchi1, Sayaka Komatsu1, Tetsuro Miyazaki1, Katsumi Miyauchi2, Jun Shitara3, Takuma Yoshihara2, Eiryu Sai2, Masayuki Shiozaki4, Kosuke Fukao5, Yoshifumi Fukushima6, Shinichiro Yamagami7, Satoru Suwa3, Youichi Katoh1, Yasumasa Fujiwara4, Hiroshi Ikeda8, Masataka Sumiyoshi4, Yuji Nakazato9, Hiroyuki Daida1
Affiliation
- 1Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- 2Department of Cardiology, Juntendo Tokyo Koto Geriatric Medical Center, Koto-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- 3Department of Cardiology, Juntendo University, Shizuoka Hospital, Izunokuni-shi, Shizuoka, Japan
- 4Department of Cardiology, Juntendo University, Nerima Hospital, Nerima-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- 5Department of Sports Medicine, Juntendo University, Faculty of Health and Sports Science, Inzai, Chiba, Japan
- 6Department of Cardiology, Koshigaya Municipal Hospital, Koshigaya, Saitama, Japan
- 7Department of Cardiology, Kyoundo Hospital, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- 8Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Juntendo University, Graduate School of Medicine, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- 9Department of Cardiology, Juntendo University, Urayasu Hospital, Urayasu, Chiba, Japan
Corresponding Author
Kazunori Shimada, MD, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Juntendo University, Graduate School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo-113-8421, Japan, E-mail: shimakaz@juntendo.ac.jp
Citation
Shimada, K., et al. Watching National Team Matches in World Cup Soccer 2014 on Television was Associated with Increasing Frequency of Premature Ventricular Contractions. (2016) J Heart Cardiol 2(1): 17-21.
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© 2016 Shimada, K. This is an Open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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Abstract
Objective: Psychological triggers, such as emotional stress, increase the incidence of acute cardiovascular events. The association between soccer championships and risk of cardiovascular events remains controversial. A World Cup Soccer (WCS) match involving a national team might be a strong enough trigger to induce cardiovascular events. However, there are no reports of a multicenter study that has investigated the relationship between watching WCS and cardiac arrhythmia.
Methods: We assessed 25 patients who were evaluated for ischemic changes and/or arrhythmia using 24-h Holter electrocardiography in four cardiology divisions during WCS 2014. The patients were divided into two groups: the watching (W) group consisted of 7 patients who watched WCS on live television and the Non-Watching (NW) group consisted of 18 patients who did not watch WCS. Heart rates, arrhythmia, and ischemic changes were evaluated.
Results: There were no differences in the clinical characteristics, heart rates, premature atrial contraction frequencies, and ischemic changes between the two groups. Although there were no differences in total Premature Ventricular Contractions (PVCs), the frequency of PVCs during matches (61 ± 101 vs. 7 ± 8, P = 0.03) and 1 hour before matches (15 ± 17 vs. 3 ± 5, P = 0.01) were significantly higher in the W group than in the NW group. No sustained ventricular tachycardia or fibrillation was observed.
Conclusions: A significant association between watching WCS and frequency of PVCs was observed in patients with/or suspected of having cardiovascular disease.
