Hostility and physiological responses to laboratory stress in acute coronary syndrome patients

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 109-116

  Brydon, Lena ^a   Strike, Philip C ^a   Bhattacharyya, Mimi R ^a   Whitehead, Daisy L ^a   McEwan, Jean ^b   Zachary, Ian ^b   Steptoe, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b The Rayne Institute ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Blood pressure; Hostility; Inflammation; Interleukin 6; Psychological stress

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; HYDROCORTISONE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADRENERGIC ACTIVITY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MENTAL TASK; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SALIVA LEVEL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; BLOOD PRESSURE; DEPRESSION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERLEUKIN-6; LUMINESCENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 73549121522     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2009.06.007     Document Type: Article

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