Does excessive consumption of caffeinated energy drinks combined with strenuous physical activity induce cardiac arrest?
Excessive consumption of caffeinated energy drinks combined with strenuous physical activity may induce coronary vasospasm and cardiac arrest in young, healthy individuals.
An otherwise healthy 28-year-old man had a cardiac arrest after a day of motocross racing. He had consumed excessive amounts of a caffeinated "energy drink" throughout the day. We postulate that a combination of excessive ingestion of caffeine- and taurine-containing energy drinks and strenuous physical activity can produce myocardial ischaemia by inducing coronary vasospasm.
Berger et al. (Thu,) studied this question.
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