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How can sudden fright or shock cause cardiac arrest?
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Rarely if ever: There is coronary spasm as a known entity, but not so much from fright! fight, fright, flight does stimulate a significant chemical Epinephrine and norepinephrine response and superimposed on coronary atherosclerosis could cause trouble.
Answered 6/25/2014
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