Anger and ventricular arrhythmias

Current Opinion in Cardiology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 46-52

  Lampert, Rachel ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anger; Triggering; Ventricular arrhythmias

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGER; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; CASE REPORT; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMOTIONAL STRESS; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; T WAVE;

AGED; ANGER; ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; HUMANS; MALE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION;

EID: 74249100600     PISSN: 02684705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HCO.0b013e32833358e8     Document Type: Review

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