Association Between Concussion Burden During Professional American-Style Football and Postcareer Hypertension

Rachel Grashow^{1

2}, Can Ozan Tan³, Saef Izzy⁴, Herman A Taylor Jr^{1

5}, Marc G Weisskopf^{1

2}, Meagan M Wasfy^{1

6}, Alicia J Whittington¹, Frank Speizer^{1

2

7}, Ross Zafonte^{1

8}, Aaron L Baggish^{1

6

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Affiliations

¹ Harvard University, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (R.G., H.A.T., M.G.W., M.M.W., A.J.W., F.S., R.Z., A.L.B.).
² Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA (R.G., M.G.W., F.S.).
³ Department of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, and Computer Science, University of Twente, The Netherlands (C.O.T.).
⁴ Department of Neurology, Divisions of Stroke, Cerebrovascular, and Critical Care Neurology (S.I.), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
⁵ Cardiovascular Research Institute, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA (H.A.T.).
⁶ Cardiovascular Performance Program, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (M.M.W., A.L.B.).
⁷ Channing Division of Network Medicine (F.S.), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
⁸ Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Charlestown, MA (R.Z.).
⁹ Department of Cardiology, Lausanne University Hospital and Institute for Sport Science, University of Lausanne, Switzerland (A.L.B.).

Rachel Grashow et al. Circulation. 2023.

. 2023 Apr 4;147(14):1112-1114.

doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.122.063767. Epub 2023 Feb 7.

¹ Harvard University, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (R.G., H.A.T., M.G.W., M.M.W., A.J.W., F.S., R.Z., A.L.B.).
² Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA (R.G., M.G.W., F.S.).
³ Department of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, and Computer Science, University of Twente, The Netherlands (C.O.T.).
⁴ Department of Neurology, Divisions of Stroke, Cerebrovascular, and Critical Care Neurology (S.I.), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
⁵ Cardiovascular Research Institute, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA (H.A.T.).
⁶ Cardiovascular Performance Program, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (M.M.W., A.L.B.).
⁷ Channing Division of Network Medicine (F.S.), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
⁸ Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Charlestown, MA (R.Z.).
⁹ Department of Cardiology, Lausanne University Hospital and Institute for Sport Science, University of Lausanne, Switzerland (A.L.B.).

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Keywords: athletes; brain injuries; hypertension; sports; traumatic.

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