Psychological factors and cardiac repolarization instability during anger in implantable cardioverter defibrillator patients

Abstract Background Evidence indicates that emotions such as anger are associated with increased incidence of sudden cardiac death, but the biological mechanisms remain unclear. We tested the hypothesis that, in patients with sudden death vulnerability, anger would be associated with arrhythmic vuln...

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Main Authors: David S. Krantz, Kristie M. Harris, Heather L. Rogers, Kerry S. Whittaker, Mark C. P. Haigney, Willem J. Kop
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021-07-01
Series:Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1111/anec.12848