ENERGY drinks may trigger a life-threatening condition that requires emergency treatment in people with genetic heart diseases, doctors warn.Seven of them, aged between 20 and 42, had consumed an energy drink some time before the life-threatening event, with six requiring electrical shock treatment and one needing manual resuscitation.
Peter J Schwartz, of the Centre for Cardiac Arrhythmias of Genetic Origin and Laboratory of Cardiovascular Genetics, in Milan, Italy, wrote in an accompanying editorial: "Critics might say of these findings, 'it's just an association by chance'. "We, as well as the Mayo Clinic group, are perfectly aware that there is no clear and definitive evidence that energy drinks indeed cause life-threatening arrhythmias and that more data are necessary.Bird flu kills man after he became first person to contract new strain of virusMonster and Prime energy drinks among 20 brands under urgent recall notice with warning over high levels of caffeine
Many of them also contain other additional ingredients, such as taurine and guarana, which are thought to alter heart rate, Lead investigator Dr Michael J Ackerman, a genetic cardiologist at Mayo Clinic, said: "Although the relative risk is small and the absolute risk of sudden death after consuming an energy drink is even smaller, patients with a known sudden death predisposing genetic heart disease should weigh the risks and benefits of consuming such drinks in the balance.
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