Considering he athletes are dying in much higher rate than the rest, I would say there is an element of stress/blood pressure etc. I know that whenever I fly, the pressure is pretty intense during landing (esp over the lastfew years) and it hurts my ears like crazy. Even empty water bottles with caps on get crushed often. Wonder if this does anything to the blood pressure as well.
I'd bet if you compared clotting incidents of people living in Denver with the same for airline passengers the numbers would line up. The altitudes should be roughly the same based on the 6-8k pressurization figures.
Wonder if the altitude is contributing to what the clot shot does to the heart, or maybe the stress of flying, especially on long distance flights.
Considering he athletes are dying in much higher rate than the rest, I would say there is an element of stress/blood pressure etc. I know that whenever I fly, the pressure is pretty intense during landing (esp over the lastfew years) and it hurts my ears like crazy. Even empty water bottles with caps on get crushed often. Wonder if this does anything to the blood pressure as well.
I'd bet if you compared clotting incidents of people living in Denver with the same for airline passengers the numbers would line up. The altitudes should be roughly the same based on the 6-8k pressurization figures.