Anxiety, panic disorder and coronary artery disease: Issues concerning physical exercise and cognitive behavioral therapy

Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 165-175

  Sardinha, Aline ^a,b   Araújo, Claudio Gil S ^c   Soares Filho, Gastão Luis Fonseca ^a,d   Nardi, Antonio Egidio ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Clinimex and Gama Filho University ^*  (Brazil)

^c GAMA FILHO UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^d Pro Cardíaco Hospital   (Brazil)

Author keywords

anxiety; anxiety sensitivity; behavioral risk factors; cardiac rehabilitation; cognitive behavioral therapy; coronary artery disease; exercise; panic; psychological factors

Indexed keywords

CLOMIPRAMINE;

AEROBIC EXERCISE; AGORAPHOBIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; BICYCLE ERGOMETRY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXERCISE; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MORBIDITY; PANIC; PHYSIOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

ANXIETY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EXERCISE; HUMANS; PANIC DISORDER; PATIENT COMPLIANCE;

EID: 79952137701     PISSN: 14779072     EISSN: 17448344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/erc.10.170     Document Type: Review

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