Recurring periods of anger could have an effect on cardiovascular health in the long term, the paper’s authors write. The findings suggest that strong emotions could contribute to cardiac events in people with poor health, Shimbo tells New Scientist’s Clare Wilson.

Studies have shown that mental well-being can positively or negatively affect a person’s health and risk factors for heart disease and stroke. Heart attacks and strokes typically occur when blood flow to the heart or brain is blocked, respectively.

Is anger linked to heart attacks? New research finds that a bout of anger impairs blood vessel function which can raise the risk of atherosclerosis, which in turn raises heart disease risk.

Feeling angry constricts blood vessels in unhealthy ways and could raise a person's long-term odds for heart disease, new research warns.

People who were asked to recall past events that made them angry experienced a change to their blood vessels that has been linked with heart attacks