Psychological factors and coronary heart disease

Psychological factors and coronary heart disease

BACKGROUND Although psychological factors play an important role in coronary heart diseases (CHD), it seems there is a need for more researches in this respect. The present study aimed to review psychological factors, including depression, anxiety and stress related to etiology and prognosis of CHD. METHODS This was a review on medical and psychological literatures, particularly in the years ...

Do Psychological Factors Affect Inflammation and Incident Coronary Heart Disease

Objectives—The purpose of this study was to test whether psychological factors affect inflammation processes to an extent that increases the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD). Methods and Results—We used data from 6396 civil servants (4453 men, 1943 women) from the Whitehall II Study, aged 35 to 55 years and free from clinically validated CHD at the start of the follow-up period. Two psychol...

Psychological and Biological Factors in Acute Coronary Heart Disease

Psychosocial factors are thought to contribute to the long term development of coronary artery disease (CAD), to the triggering of cardiac events in people with advanced disease, and to adaptation following acute coronary syndromes (ACS). My thesis presents three studies addressing different aspects of the relationship between emotional factors and CAD, using different methodologies. They focus...

Psychological factors and heart disease.

Prevalence of major coronary heart disease risk factors in Iran

Background and aims: Coronary heart diseases (CHDs) contribute to mortality, morbidity, disability, productivity and quality of life. This study was aimed to determine the prevalence of major risk factors for CHD in the provinces of Iran. Methods: This study reported pre-existing data and was of secondary, descriptive type. Prevalence of non-communicable disease (NCD) risk factors was def...