Association of anxiety with reduced baroreflex cardiac control in patients after acute myocardial infarction
American Heart JournalPublished 1 March 2002
Lana L. Watkins, James A. Blumenthal, Robert M. Carney
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High levels of anxiety, but not depression, are associated with reduced vagal control in patients after acute myocardial infarction, and anxiety was significantly related to low BRS in multivariate analysis.
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High levels of anxiety, but not depression, are associated with reduced vagal control in patients after AMI.
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