Emotional triggering of cardiac events

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 63-70

  Steptoe, Andrew ^a   Brydon, Lena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Anger; Blood pressure; Depression; Interleukin 6; Myocardial infarction; Platelet activation; Stress; Sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE; CYTOKINE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANGER; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY HEMODYNAMICS; CORONARY RISK; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DEPRESSION; EARTHQUAKE; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EXERCISE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPORT; SUDDEN DEATH; TERRORISM; THROMBOGENESIS; VACCINATION; WAR;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANGER; DEPRESSION; DISASTERS; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 56949107487     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2008.04.010     Document Type: Review

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