Prospective Examination of Anxiety Persistence and Its Relationship to Cardiac Symptoms and Recurrent Cardiac Events

L. Grace, Sherry; Abbey, Susan; Irvine, Jane; M. Shnek, Zachary; E. Stewart, Donna

doi:10.1159/000080387

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Prospective Examination of Anxiety Persistence and Its Relationship to Cardiac Symptoms and Recurrent Cardiac Events

Published in Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics • Jan 1, 2004

Authors:

Sherry L. Grace

Susan Abbey

Jane Irvine

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The current study builds on previous research demonstrating a link between anxiety and inhospital recurrent ischemic and arrhythmic events, by examining the effects of persistent anxiety on recurrent events 1 year later. METHODS: 913 patients with unstable angina (UA) and myocardial infa...

Subject

Anxiety

Depression (economics)

Myocardial infarction

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