Emotional stressors trigger cardiovascular events

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 631-639

  Schwartz, B G ^a   French, W J ^b   Mayeda, G S ^a   Burstein, S ^a   Economides, C ^a   Bhandari, A K ^a   Cannom, D S ^a   Kloner, R A ^a,c  

^a GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ATENOLOL; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CATECHOLAMINE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; NIFEDIPINE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CIVIL DISORDER; DRUG USE; EARTHQUAKE; EMOTIONAL STRESS; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; EXERCISE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEISURE; MEDITATION; MENTAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHEAR STRESS; SPORT; SPORT EVENT; STRESS MANAGEMENT; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; TERRORISM; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATION; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; HUMANS; MEDITATION; PRECIPITATING FACTORS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SPORTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84862727682     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: 17421241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-1241.2012.02920.x     Document Type: Review

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