A recent article which is relevant to this topic--
jp.physoc.org/.../jphysiol.2012.229864.full.pdf
Great article. Cutting to the chase:
"Finally, we suggest that this concept, that is exemplified and perhaps amplified by cold water
immersion, may not be unique to cold water. While it is clearly difficult to test, it is possible that
Autonomic Conflict may be a common occurrence and may trigger SCD in association with a wide
range of environmental factors: a large lunch, a narrow coronary artery, a breath of cold air, anger, a
sudden shock, waking from sleep, an antihistamine, an undiagnosed sub-clinical channelopathy or
cardiac hypertrophy, may all combine in such a way as to turn this usually benign autonomic coactivation into a life-threatening arrhythmia."
A recent article which is relevant to this topic--
jp.physoc.org/.../jphysiol.2012.229864.full.pdf
Great article. Cutting to the chase:
"Finally, we suggest that this concept, that is exemplified and perhaps amplified by cold water
immersion, may not be unique to cold water. While it is clearly difficult to test, it is possible that
Autonomic Conflict may be a common occurrence and may trigger SCD in association with a wide
range of environmental factors: a large lunch, a narrow coronary artery, a breath of cold air, anger, a
sudden shock, waking from sleep, an antihistamine, an undiagnosed sub-clinical channelopathy or
cardiac hypertrophy, may all combine in such a way as to turn this usually benign autonomic coactivation into a life-threatening arrhythmia."
