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Why is the risk of having a heart attack higher on Monday?

2023-06-06T15:32:00.067Z

Highlights: Study conducted by Irish doctors proved that Monday was the day of the week when the risk of having a heart attack was the highest. Sunday is the second most risky day, according to the findings presented at the British Cardiovascular Society (BCS) conference in Manchester. "Significant dietary differences, consumption of alcoholic beverages and lack of sleep" are the first factors explaining this increase in heart attacks at the beginning of theweek. "The change of pace is the straw that breaks the camel's back," says Dr. Frédéric Saldmann of the Hospitals of Paris.


A study conducted by Irish doctors proved that Monday was the day of the week when the risk of having a heart attack was the


In addition to the depression of returning to the office, you have to be wary of heart attacks on Monday. According to a study conducted by Irish doctors and relayed by The Times, serious heart attacks are more likely to occur on the first day of the week. At the same rate of comorbidities, you are 13% more likely to have a heart attack on Monday than on any other day of the week.

"Monday is the price to pay for returning from the weekend," reacts to Le Parisien Dr. Frédéric Saldmann. According to the cardiologist and nutritionist attached to the Hôpitaux de Paris, "significant dietary differences, consumption of alcoholic beverages and lack of sleep" are the first factors explaining this increase in heart attacks at the beginning of the week.

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Doctors from the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust and the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland analysed data from 10,528 patients, 7,112 in the Republic and 3,416 in Northern Ireland. They were admitted to hospital between 2013 and 2018 for the most serious type of heart attack, myocardial infarction, which occurs when a major coronary artery is completely blocked. The researchers noted a peak in heart attacks at the beginning of the week and particularly on Monday.

Sunday, the second most risky day

Dr Jack Laffan, a cardiologist who led the research at Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, told The Independent that this phenomenon "remains a curiosity": "The cause is probably multifactorial, but based on what we know from previous studies, it is reasonable to assume that there is a circadian element."

For Dr. Frédéric Saldmann, we must go further. "More than that, it's going to be the change of pace and the upheaval of this cycle that will be a determining factor. We can find the same thing within the same day depending on the hours. The change of pace is the straw that breaks the camel's back. Add to that the stress of going to work... »

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According to the findings presented at the British Cardiovascular Society (BCS) conference in Manchester, the second day of the week with the highest risk of cancer is Sunday. There, the explanation is quite different according to the cardiologist of the Hospitals of Paris: "It's as if all of a sudden, the immune system relaxed. This excess relaxation is also a factor triggering cardiac arrest. We must not forget that the total absence of stress makes you die faster, "he justifies. In short, be relaxed, but not too much!

Source: leparis

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