Palpitations and cardiac awareness after heart transplantation

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 557-562

  Barsky, Arthur J ^a,b   Ahern, David K ^b,c   Brener, Jasper ^d   Surman, Owen S ^c   Ring, Christopher ^e   Dec, G William ^b,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Heart disease; Heart transplantation; Heartbeat detection; Palpitations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEART PALPITATION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SOMATIZATION;

EID: 0031686018     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006842-199809000-00007     Document Type: Article

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