USEFULNESS OF THE TRANSCENDENTAL-MEDITATION PROGRAM IN THE TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH CORONARY-ARTERY DISEASE

Authors
ZAMARRA JW SCHNEIDER RH BESSEGHINI I ROBINSON DK SALERNO JW
Citation
Jw. Zamarra et al., USEFULNESS OF THE TRANSCENDENTAL-MEDITATION PROGRAM IN THE TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH CORONARY-ARTERY DISEASE, The American journal of cardiology, 77(10), 1996, pp. 867
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
The American journal of cardiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029149
Volume
77
Issue
10
Year of publication
1996
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9149(1996)77:10<867:UOTTPI>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
Twenty-one patients with documented coronary artery disease were teste d at baseline by exercise tolerance testing, and assigned to either st ress reduction using the Transcendental Meditation (TM) program or to a wait-list control. After 8 months, the TM group had a 14.7% increase in exercise tolerance, an 11.7% increase in maximal workload, an 18% delay in onset of ST-segment depression, and significant reductions in rate-pressure product at 3 and 6 minutes, and at maximal exercise com pared with the control group.