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Emotional responsivity and transient myocardial ischemia.

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Carels, RA; Sherwood, A; Babyak, M; Gullette, EC; Coleman, RE; Waugh, R; Jiang, W; Blumenthal, JA
Published in: J Consult Clin Psychol
August 1999
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This study examined the relationship between "emotional responsivity" (i.e., individuals who exhibit relatively large variations of self-reported tension levels) and myocardial ischemia. One hundred thirty-six patients with coronary artery disease underwent 48 hr ambulatory electrocardiographic (ECG) monitoring and laboratory mental stress testing using radionuclide angiocardiography. Compared with individuals characterized as low emotional responders, a higher proportion of individuals characterized as high emotional responders exhibited wall motion abnormalities in response to laboratory mental stress testing and were more likely to exhibit ECG ST-segment depression (> or = 1 mm for > or = 1 min) during routine daily activities. These results suggest that emotional responsivity may represent an individual difference characteristic that is associated with an increased likelihood of exhibiting myocardial ischemia in both the laboratory and the real-world setting.

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Andrew Sherwood
Author Andrew Sherwood Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Behavioral Medicine & Neur ...
Michael Alan Babyak
Author Michael Alan Babyak Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Behavioral Medicine & Neur ...
Robert Andrew Waugh
Author Robert Andrew Waugh Medicine, Cardiology
James Alan Blumenthal
Author James Alan Blumenthal Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Behavioral Medicine & Neur ...

Published In

J Consult Clin Psychol

DOI

10.1037//0022-006x.67.4.605

ISSN

0022-006X

Publication Date

August 1999

Volume

67

Issue

4

Start / End Page

605 / 610

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Risk Factors
  • Myocardial Infarction
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Individuality
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Exercise
  • Emotions
  • Electrocardiography, Ambulatory
 

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Carels, R. A., Sherwood, A., Babyak, M., Gullette, E. C., Coleman, R. E., Waugh, R., … Blumenthal, J. A. (1999). Emotional responsivity and transient myocardial ischemia. J Consult Clin Psychol, 67(4), 605–610. https://doi.org/10.1037//0022-006x.67.4.605
Carels, R. A., A. Sherwood, M. Babyak, E. C. Gullette, R. E. Coleman, R. Waugh, W. Jiang, and J. A. Blumenthal. “Emotional responsivity and transient myocardial ischemia.” J Consult Clin Psychol 67, no. 4 (August 1999): 605–10. https://doi.org/10.1037//0022-006x.67.4.605.
Carels RA, Sherwood A, Babyak M, Gullette EC, Coleman RE, Waugh R, et al. Emotional responsivity and transient myocardial ischemia. J Consult Clin Psychol. 1999 Aug;67(4):605–10.
Carels, R. A., et al. “Emotional responsivity and transient myocardial ischemia.” J Consult Clin Psychol, vol. 67, no. 4, Aug. 1999, pp. 605–10. Pubmed, doi:10.1037//0022-006x.67.4.605.
Carels RA, Sherwood A, Babyak M, Gullette EC, Coleman RE, Waugh R, Jiang W, Blumenthal JA. Emotional responsivity and transient myocardial ischemia. J Consult Clin Psychol. 1999 Aug;67(4):605–610.

Published In

J Consult Clin Psychol

DOI

10.1037//0022-006x.67.4.605

ISSN

0022-006X

Publication Date

August 1999

Volume

67

Issue

4

Start / End Page

605 / 610

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Risk Factors
  • Myocardial Infarction
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Individuality
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Exercise
  • Emotions
  • Electrocardiography, Ambulatory