Emotional stress triggers symptoms in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: A survey of the hypertrophic cardiomyopathy association

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1047-1053

  Lampert, Rachel ^a   Salberg, Lisa ^b   Burg, Matthew ^a,c,d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Association   (United States)

^c VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; symptoms; triggering

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLIMBING; DIZZINESS; DYSPNEA; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT; SYNCOPE; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; CHEST PAIN; DATA COLLECTION; DIZZINESS; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXERTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77956298546     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2010.02770.x     Document Type: Article

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