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Why is it that roller coasters aggravate heart conditions?
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Roller coasters: Roller coasters have dynamic gravity pressures which produce hemodynamic stress on the heart. This will aggravate any condition of rhythm or muscle disturbance of the heart.
Answered 8/7/2017
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