stress-induced cardiovascular disease
Mental stress is associated with major adverse cardiovascular events. This study found endothelial dysfunction associated with mental stress, noting that a marker for endothelial dysfunction was not only associated with increased cardiovascular outcomes, but also contributed highly to our standard cardiac risk prediction model (see stress endothel dysfunction and MACE jamacardiol2019 in dropbox, or doi:10.1001/jamacardio.2019.3252). thanks to Holly Gooding for referring me to the researcher Viola Vaccarino, who has been involved in many studies on stress and who kindly sent me this and others of her studies Details : -- 569 patients with baseline CAD had flow-mediated vasodilatation of the brachial artery (an assessment of endothelial function) before and after mental stress, from the Mental Stress Ischemia Prognosis Study at Emory University -- baseline CAD was defined as abnormal coronary angiogra...