The researchers concluded that hot yoga did not show a significant statistically significant difference compared to usual exercise.
There was no meaningful difference, either, in risk for any other cardiac disease or for all-cause death.
Sanders had stated that phobic anxiety was a serious problem that needed focused attention for patients, adding, “given the evidence for the effect of stress on diastolic function as well as other factors, such as blood pressure, we believe that more research is required in this area.”