tcudoc
Full Member
If the claim is that his t-shirt affected their hearts, I think there needs to be proof. I would demand a chest x-ray, echocardiogram, ECG, and cardiac catheterization for starters. If no abnormalities are found, then we have an entirely different situation. If damage is found, it should be written up as a case report and a randomized, double-blind, controlled trial should be done to evaluate the incidence of such a condition.
I did a pub med search and found nothing in published literature that would suggest a connection between a t-shirt or an acronym or a news station that leads to heart injury. An argument could be made, I guess, for takotsubo cardiomyopathy due to extreme sadness, but I think the chest x-rays and echo studies would help rule that in or out.
I hope they pursue this angle. It would be very interesting.
I did a pub med search and found nothing in published literature that would suggest a connection between a t-shirt or an acronym or a news station that leads to heart injury. An argument could be made, I guess, for takotsubo cardiomyopathy due to extreme sadness, but I think the chest x-rays and echo studies would help rule that in or out.
I hope they pursue this angle. It would be very interesting.