| Association between anxiety disorder and the extent of ischemia observed in cardiac syndrome X. | |
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PMID: 19156475 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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BACKGROUND: A possible link between the heart and brain has been reported for cardiac syndrome X. Anxiety disorder could be a pathophysiological mechanism for this cardiac chest pain. To the authors' knowledge, a quantitative analysis correlating anxiety with the extent of ischemia has not been done. METHODS AND RESULTS: In this pilot study, we evaluated 20 patients with typical chest pain and completely normal coronary angiograms. These patients were screened with the State Scale and Trait Scale of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI). All patients underwent myocardial perfusion scintigraphic imaging. The scintigrams were scored by three experienced readers having no knowledge of the STAI screening results. Patients with a low trait anxiety had significantly less ischemic segments on the myocardial perfusion imaging than patients with a high trait anxiety (1.8 +/- 1.9 vs 3.5 +/- 0.6, P < .05). For state anxiety, no significant differences could be found. CONCLUSION: Cardiac syndrome X patients with high trait anxiety are at risk of having more ischemia. |
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Authors:
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I A C Vermeltfoort; P G H M Raijmakers; D A M Odekerken; A F M Kuijper; A Zwijnenburg; G J J Teule |
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2009-01-22 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Journal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology Volume: 16 ISSN: 1532-6551 ISO Abbreviation: J Nucl Cardiol Publication Date: 2009 May-Jun |
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Created Date: 2009-05-13 Completed Date: 2009-08-05 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9423534 Medline TA: J Nucl Cardiol Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 405-10 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Nuclear Medicine & PET Research, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, de Boelelaan 1117, 1007 MB, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. i.vermeltfoort@vumc.nl |
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Anxiety
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complications*,
radionuclide imaging* Chest Pain Female Humans Male Microvascular Angina / complications*, radionuclide imaging* Middle Aged Myocardial Ischemia / complications*, radionuclide imaging* Pilot Projects Reproducibility of Results Sensitivity and Specificity Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon / methods* |
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