BLOOD-PRESSURE RESPONSES TO MENTAL STRESS IN EMOTIONALLY DEFENSIVE PATIENTS WITH STABLE CORONARY-ARTERY DISEASE

Authors
GROSSMAN P WATKINS LL RISTUCCIA H WILHELM FH
Citation
P. Grossman et al., BLOOD-PRESSURE RESPONSES TO MENTAL STRESS IN EMOTIONALLY DEFENSIVE PATIENTS WITH STABLE CORONARY-ARTERY DISEASE, The American journal of cardiology, 80(3), 1997, pp. 343
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
The American journal of cardiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029149
Volume
80
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9149(1997)80:3<343:BRTMSI>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
Emotional defensiveness, defined by concealment of both negative emoti ons and personal vulnerability, was substantially and consistently cor related with the magnitude of blood pressure reactions to 2 types of m ental stress among coronary patients, independently of clinical status . Given recent studies denoting stress-related blood pressure surges a s triggers of dangerous cardiovascular events, exaggerated vasomotor r eactions among defensive patients may be of clinical significance.