Cardiac autonomic control buffers blood pressure variability responses to challenge: A psychophysiologic model of coronary artery disease

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 58-68

  Sloan, R P ^a,b   Shapiro, P A ^c   Bagiella, E ^c   Myers, M M ^a   Gorman, J M ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Blood pressure variability; Coronary artery disease; Heart rate variability; Psychological factors

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR AUTOREGULATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; DEPRESSION; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0032934406     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006842-199901000-00010     Document Type: Article

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