Electrophysiologic characteristics of anger-triggered arrhythmias

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 268-273

  Stopper, Matthew ^a   Joska, Tammy ^b   Burg, Matthew M ^a,c   Batsford, William P ^a   McPherson, Craig A ^a   Jain, Diwakar ^d   Lampert, Rachel ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Columbia University School of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^d DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anger; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Ventricular tachyarrhythmia

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; SOTALOL;

AGED; ANGER; ANXIETY; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEFIBRILLATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART RHYTHM; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE; MOOD; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOCK; SUDDEN DEATH;

AFFECT; AGED; ANGER; ARRHYTHMIA; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RECURRENCE; RESEARCH DESIGN; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION; VENTRICULAR PREMATURE COMPLEXES;

EID: 33847257040     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2006.11.003     Document Type: Article

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