Association between symptoms of depression and anxiety with heart rate variability in patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 821-827

  Francis, Jennifer L ^a   Weinstein, Ali A ^a,b   Krantz, David S ^a   Haigney, Mark C ^a   Stein, Phyllis K ^c   Stone, Peter H ^d   Gottdiener, John S ^e   Kop, Willem J ^e  

^a Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Autonomic nervous system; Depression; Heart rate variability; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX; TAYLOR MANIFEST ANXIETY SCALE;

EID: 70350125579     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: 15347796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e3181b39aa1     Document Type: Article

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