conditions that cause your left ventricle to work harder than the right.
When in cold water, your blood goes from your limbs to your core and raises your blood pressure so adding that with the exertion of swimming makes your left ventricle pump harder.
Eventually, this leads the vessels in your lungs to burst and fluids to leak into your air sacs. This is how SIPE is developed. When it happens, it causes difficulty in breathing, wheezing, confusion, and even death.
When in cold water, your blood goes from your limbs to your core and raises your blood pressure so adding that with the exertion of swimming makes your left ventricle pump harder
“Among the autopsy reports of the deceased triathletes, we found a much higher prevalence of LVH than the healthy athletes in Dr. Douglas’ study,” said Dr. Richard E. Moon, one of the researchers. “The degree of enlargement was also much greater in the triathletes who died.”
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