Distinct psychosocial differences between women with coronary heart disease and cardiac syndrome X

European Heart Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 19, 2004, Pages 1695-1701

  Asbury, Elizabeth A ^a   Creed, Francis ^b   Collins, Peter ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Psychology; Syndrome X; Women

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIVORCE; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYNDROME X; WIDOW;

ANXIETY; CORONARY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MICROVASCULAR ANGINA; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PEDIGREE;

EID: 4644254124     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehj.2004.07.035     Document Type: Article

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