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Can mental stress cause a cardiac arrest? or in an elderly patient would this be rare?
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Rare but possible: It's very rare, but the incidence of heart attack (with arrest) increases during periods of stress. One published account looked at the incidence of heart attacks in LA immediately before and after the big earthquake in the '90s. (absolute number was low, yet much higher relatively after the earthquake).
Answered 5/14/2014
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