Acute emotional stress and cardiac arrhythmias

JAMA

Volumn 298, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 324-329

  Ziegelstein, Roy C ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CASE REPORT; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMERGENCY CARE; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FAMILY COUNSELING; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MEDITATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAXATION TRAINING; REPOLARIZATION; RESUSCITATION; SINUS RHYTHM; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; YOGA;

EID: 34447520135     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.298.3.324     Document Type: Article

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