A psychobehavioral factor, alexithymia, is related to coronary spasm

Japanese Circulation Journal

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 409-413

  Numata, Yuichi ^b   Ogata, Yasuhiro ^b   Oike, Yuichi ^b   Matsumura, Toshiyuki ^b   Shimada, Kazuyuki ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPANESE RED CROSS KUMAMOTO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Coronary risk factors; Coronary spasm

Indexed keywords

ERGOMETRINE;

ADULT; AGED; ALEXITHYMIA; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; CORONARY RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPERURICEMIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING;

EID: 0031804947     PISSN: 00471828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/jcj.62.409     Document Type: Article

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