A Switzerland fan cheers before the Group G World Cup 2006 soccer match between Switzerland and Togo in Dortmund June 19, 2006. World Cup soccer causes joy and despair and even ends marriages but now doctors are studying whether the thrill of it all can be heart stopping. In the new FIFA-approved study researchers will receive blood samples from heart attack victims all over Germany watching football. "So far, on the days when Germany has played we have received a lot more blood samples," David Leistner of Munich's Ludwig Maximilians University said. First results are due in October. A study in 1998 found the number of heart attacks increased by 25 percent on the day and in the two days after England lost to Argentina in a penalty shoot out at the 1998 World Cup. Researchers in Switzerland also found heart attacks in the country increased by 60 percent during the 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea -- even though the Swiss team was not even competing. The findings prompted calls for emergency heart attack equipment to be installed in stadiums during Euro 2004. "If it really is the case that higher stress levels can increase the chance of a heart attack then attending soccer games may have to carry a health warning," said Leistner. Doctors advise those soccer fans who may be at greater risk of heart attack anyway due to obesity, high-cholesterol or diabetes, to refrain from drinking excessively during the World Cup tournament. (Agencies)

世界杯給人們帶來了歡樂和痛苦，甚至還會導致婚姻的破裂。目前，醫生們正在研究看世界杯賽引起的興奮和緊張是否會造成心臟停止跳動。 此項新研究已獲國際足聯批準，研究者們將得到因看本屆世界杯賽而突發心臟病的所有德國患者的血樣。 慕尼黑路德維格馬克西米利安大學的大衛·萊斯特那說：“到目前為止，每逢德國隊比賽，我們總會收到更多的血樣。” 第一期研究結果將于10月份公布。 1998年世界杯，英格蘭在點球大戰中輸給阿根廷隊。調查發現，當天以及此后兩天的心臟病突發人數比平時增加了25％。 此外，瑞士的調查者們發現，2002年韓日世界杯期間，盡管瑞士隊沒有參賽，但瑞士的心臟病突發人數比往常多出了60％。 這些調查結果促使人們在2004年歐洲杯期間呼吁在體育館里安裝心臟病急救設備。 萊斯特那說：“如果研究表明，血壓較高確實會增加心臟病突發的風險，那么球迷觀看世界杯賽時，就得注意身體了。” 有肥胖癥、高膽固醇以及患糖尿病的球迷突發心臟病的幾率較大，因此，醫生建議這些球迷在世界杯期間不要過度飲酒。 (英語點津姍姍編輯)