Psychosocial Stress and Cardiovascular Disease: How to Heal a Broken Heart

Comprehensive Therapy

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 37-43

  O'Keefe Jr , James H ^a,c   Poston, Walker S Carlos ^b   Haddock, C Keith ^b   Moe, Richard M ^a   Harris, William ^b  

^a SAINT LUKE S MID AMERICA HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ADULT; ALTRUISM; ANXIETY; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CASE REPORT; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 2342646224     PISSN: 00988243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12019-004-0022-2     Document Type: Review

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