DALLAS -- Hotheaded men who explode with anger seem to be at greater risk of stroke or death, research shows. Their risk is even greater than men who are simply stressed-out Type A personalities.

Angry women, on the other hand, don't run as high a risk of having a stroke or heart problems, according to a study released Monday in the American Heart Association journal Circulation.

The study showed that men who express their anger have a 10 percent greater risk than non-hostile men of developing an atrial fibrillation, a heart flutter that 2 million Americans have. It is non-threatening for many, but it can also increase the risk of stroke.

Men who unleashed their anger were also 20 percent more likely to have died from any cause during the study.

''There has been a perception that you can dissipate the negative health effects of anger by letting anger out instead of bottling it up,'' said Dr. Elaine Eaker, lead researcher and president of Eaker Epidemiology Enterprises in Chili, Wis. ''But that was not the case in this study.''

Eaker instead says that just grabbing a gun and blowing someone's head away will eliminate your anger and the problem.