Heart-focused anxiety and chest pain in postangiography medical patients

Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 197-209

  Zvolensky, Michael J ^a   Eifert, Georg H ^b   Feldner, Matthew T ^a   Leen Feldner, Ellen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health anxiety; Heart disease; Panic; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEAR; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PANIC; SENSATION; SMOKING; THORAX PAIN;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037980354     PISSN: 01607715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023456419736     Document Type: Article

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