Repolarization changes induced by mental stress in normal subjects and patients with coronary artery disease: Effect of nitroglycerine

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 23-29

  Taggart, Peter ^a   Batchvarov, Velislav N ^b   Sutton, Peter ^a   Young, Geoff ^c   Young, Sharon ^c   Patterson, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c WHITTINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electrocardiogram; Mental stress; Nitroglycerine; Ventricular repolarization

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; PLACEBO; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ADULT; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; T WAVE AMPLITUDE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AGED; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE; MATHEMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGLYCERIN; PILOT PROJECTS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SPEECH; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 65549165552     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: 15347796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e31818a1d56     Document Type: Article

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