Behavioral influences on cardiac arrhythmias

Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 68-77

  Lampert, Rachel ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Behavior; Stress; Sudden cardiac arrest; Ventricular arrhythmias

Indexed keywords

ACUTE STRESS; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CHRONIC STRESS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EMOTION; GENETIC DISORDER; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SUDDEN DEATH; YOGA; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; MENTAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84958771297     PISSN: 10501738     EISSN: 18732615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tcm.2015.04.008     Document Type: Review

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