Depressive symptoms and heart rate variability in younger women after an acute coronary event

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 509-513

  Zimmermann Viehoff, Frank ^a   Orth Gomer, Kristina ^a,b   Wang, Hui Xin ^c   Deter, Hans Christian ^a   Merswolken, Melanie ^a   Ghadiyali, Zainab ^a   Weber, Cora S ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Osher Center for Integrative Medicine   (United States)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

coronary heart disease; depressive symptoms; heart rate variability; sex

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEPRESSION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 78049244395     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: 20474881     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJR.0b013e328337b57b     Document Type: Article

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