Relationship of Psychological Characteristics to Daily Life Ischemia: An Analysis From the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Psychophysiological Investigations in Myocardial Ischemia.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Cardiac ischemia during daily life is associated with an increased risk of adverse outcomes. Mental stress is known to provoke cardiac ischemia and is related to psychological variables. In this multicenter cohort study, we assessed whether psychological characteristics were associated with ischemia in daily life.

Methods

This study examined patients with clinically stable coronary artery disease (CAD) with documented cardiac ischemia during treadmill exercise (n = 196, mean [standard deviation] age = 62.64 [8.31] years; 13% women). Daily life ischemia (DLI) was assessed by 48-hour ambulatory electrocardiophic monitoring. Psychological characteristics were assessed using validated instruments to identify characteristics associated with ischemia occurring in daily l

SUBMITTER: Dasa O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8976783 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature