Post-traumatic stress disorder and cardiovascular disease

Open Cardiovascular Medicine Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 164-170

  Coughlin, Steven S ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders; Coronary heart disease; Hyperlipidemia; Hypertension; Post traumatic stress disorder; Stroke; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; NORADRENALIN;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC STRESS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTRAUMA; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; THROMBOCYTE FUNCTION; THROMBOEMBOLISM; VETERAN; WAR;

EID: 80053555688     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18741924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874192401105010164     Document Type: Review

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