Effects of Acute Mental Stress and Exercise on T-Wave Alternans in Patients with Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators and Controls

Circulation

Volumn 109, Issue 15, 2004, Pages 1864-1869

  Kop, Willem J ^a   Krantz, David S ^a   Nearing, Bruce D ^b   Gottdiener, John S ^c   Quigley, John F ^a   O'Callahan, Mark ^a   DelNegro, Albert A ^d   Friehling, Ted D ^d   Karasik, Pamela ^e   Suchday, Sonia ^a   Levine, Joseph ^c   Verrier, Richard L ^b  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c ST FRANCIS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Inova Arrhythmia Associates   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Exercise; Ischemia; Mental stress; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPE;

ADULT; ANGER; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BICYCLE ERGOMETRY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EVALUATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART RATE; HUMAN; IMPLANT; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; T WAVE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARRHYTHMIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROL GROUPS; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 11144355536     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000124726.72615.60     Document Type: Article

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