Meta-Analysis of Anxiety as a Risk Factor for Cardiovascular Disease

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 511-519

  Emdin, Connor A ^a   Odutayo, Ayodele ^a   Wong, Christopher X ^a,b   Tran, Jenny ^a   Hsiao, Allan J ^c   Hunn, Benjamin H M ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOLLOW UP; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; PANIC; PATIENT WORRY; PHOBIA; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ANXIETY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CORONARY DISEASE; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; PANIC DISORDER; PHOBIC DISORDERS; RISK FACTOR; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STROKE;

ANXIETY; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORONARY DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MORTALITY; PANIC DISORDER; PHOBIC DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STROKE;

EID: 84990207317     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: 18791913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2016.05.041     Document Type: Article

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