CARDIAC VAGAL CONTROL AND DYNAMIC-RESPONSES TO PSYCHOLOGICAL STRESS AMONG PATIENTS WITH CORONARY-ARTERY DISEASE

Authors
GROSSMAN P WATKINS LL WILHELM FH MANOLAKIS D LOWN B
Citation
P. Grossman et al., CARDIAC VAGAL CONTROL AND DYNAMIC-RESPONSES TO PSYCHOLOGICAL STRESS AMONG PATIENTS WITH CORONARY-ARTERY DISEASE, The American journal of cardiology, 78(12), 1996, pp. 1424
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
The American journal of cardiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029149
Volume
78
Issue
12
Year of publication
1996
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9149(1996)78:12<1424:CVCADT>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
Two groups of patients with coronary artery disease who differed in le vel of cardiac vagal control were compared in their cardiovascular res ponses to psychological stress. Patients with lower vagal control mani fested increased reactions in diastolic blood pressure and rate-pressu re product to mental stress and tended to have greater systemic vasoco nstriction.