Psychological aspects of cardiac arrhythmia

Lynch, James J.; Paskewitz, David A.; Gimbel, Kenneth S.; Thomas, Sue

doi:10.1016/s0002-8703(77)80017-3

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“…The very use of the stethoscope and manometer, or, alternatively, intraarterial catheters, impose many constraints on BP assessment, all of which not only could profoundly alter cardiovascular responses but also could influence the cardiovascular system. For example, physical contact and silence are required during stethoscopic assessment and both these events can change cardiovascular response pattern (26)(27)(28)(29). Now, however, instruments permitting noninvasive, automatic minute-to-minute assessment of BP are available.…”

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The Effects of Talking on the Blood Pressure of Hypertensive and Normotensive Individuals

Lynch

Long

Thomas

et al. 1981

Psychosomatic Medicine

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The use of a recently developed noninvasive automated blood-pressure device has revealed a striking relationship between human communication and elevations in blood pressure in both normotensive and hypertensive individuals. Individuals with higher resting baseline pressures tended to show greater increases during talking than did those with lower pressures. In some hypertensive individuals increases blood pressure greater than 25-40% occurred within 30 sec after the initiation of human speech. Links between difficulties surrounding human communication and elevations in blood pressure are discussed.

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The Effects of Talking on the Blood Pressure of Hypertensive and Normotensive Individuals

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Long

Thomas

et al. 1981

Psychosomatic Medicine

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“…Significant changes in arrhythmia have been observed to far more personal and emotionally provocative stimuli, such as stress interviews (6, 7) or significant life events (8)(9)(10)(11) both in patients with and without cardiac pathology (12). Similar changes in arrhythmia to psychological stimuli have also been reported at the animal level (13)(14)(15)(16).…”

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Human Contact and Cardiac Arrhythmia in a Coronary Care Unit

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Paskewitz³

et al. 1977

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“…Only a few studies have directly assessed the association between emotional stress and resting HR. Many studies have reported that emotional stress or stressful events are associated with HR variability (Lucini et al 2005 ; Bernatova et al 2002 ; Mezzacappa et al 2001 ; Schmidt et al 2010 ), cardiac reactivity (Ginty and Conklin 2011 ), and cardiac arrhythmia (Lynch et al 1977 ). Our study can be distinguished from these other studies in that the study variable we examined, resting HR, is simple to measure and readily available from any population.…”

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Association between stressful life events and resting heart rate

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BackgroundDespite a diverse literature, the association between stress and various cardiovascular conditions remains controversial. Moreover, a direct association between stressful life events (SLEs) and heart rate (HR) have not been fully investigated. This study evaluated the association between SLEs and resting HR in middle-aged Koreans.MethodsA cross-sectional analysis was conducted for 1,703 men and 2,730 women aged 27–87 years from the community-based Korean Genome and Epidemiology Study-Kanghwa study. All participants completed a baseline health examination. The life experience survey questionnaire was administered to measure SLEs experienced during the past 3 months. Resting blood pressure and HR were measured twice over a 5 minute interval. If the difference in blood pressure was more than 10 mmHg, then a third blood pressure and HR measurement was taken after 5 minutes of rest. The average of the last two measurements was used for analysis. The association between SLEs and HR was assessed by correlation and multiple linear regression analysis.ResultsCompared with people with no SLEs (mean HR of 67.30 beats/min), HR was significantly lower in those who experienced one (mean HR of 65.64 beats/min, p = 0.002), two (mean HR of 63.73 beats/min, p < 0.001), and 3+ SLEs (mean HR of 64.17 beats/min, p < 0.001). This association was observed even after adjustment for sex, age, body mass index, hypertension treatment, oral contraceptive use, postmenopausal hormone therapy, thyroid disease, liver disease, cigarette smoking use, alcohol drinking use, and blood urea nitrogen to creatinine ratio. Compared with people with no SLEs, those with 1, 2, and 3+ SLEs had a lower resting HR by 1.485 (p = 0.005), 3.718 (p < 0.001), and 3.176 (p < 0.001), respectively.ConclusionOur findings suggest that the experience of a recent SLEs are associated with a lower resting HR in Korean adults. Although further investigation is required, people who have experienced recent SLEs and have a lower HR than usual may need attention for their stress level.

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Psychological aspects of cardiac arrhythmia

Cited by 53 publications

References 148 publications

The Effects of Talking on the Blood Pressure of Hypertensive and Normotensive Individuals

The Effects of Talking on the Blood Pressure of Hypertensive and Normotensive Individuals

Human Contact and Cardiac Arrhythmia in a Coronary Care Unit

Association between stressful life events and resting heart rate

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