2011
Autonomic Contribution to Endothelin-1 Increase during Laboratory Anger-Recall Stress in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease
Burg MM, Soufer A, Lampert R, Collins D, Soufer R. Autonomic Contribution to Endothelin-1 Increase during Laboratory Anger-Recall Stress in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease. Molecular Medicine 2011, 17: 495-501. PMID: 21267513, PMCID: PMC3105151, DOI: 10.2119/molmed.2010.00083.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCoronary artery diseaseEndothelin-1Parasympathetic activityArtery diseaseAutonomic contributionsChronic stable coronary artery diseaseStable coronary artery diseaseCholinergic antiinflammatory pathwayLaboratory stressCoronary plaque ruptureEndothelin-1 increaseSignificant odds ratioEndothelial cell functionCardiac eventsEndothelial dysfunctionIndwelling catheterAutonomic factorsSympathetic activityAntiinflammatory pathwayAutonomic influencesAutonomic toneOdds ratioPlaque ruptureParasympathetic withdrawalHemodynamic monitor
1993
Role of behavioral and psychological factors in mental stress-induced silent left ventricular dysfunction in coronary artery disease
Burg M, Jain D, Soufer R, Kerns R, Zaret B. Role of behavioral and psychological factors in mental stress-induced silent left ventricular dysfunction in coronary artery disease. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 1993, 22: 440-448. PMID: 8335813, DOI: 10.1016/0735-1097(93)90048-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSilent left ventricular dysfunctionLeft ventricular dysfunctionCoronary artery diseaseVentricular dysfunctionArtery diseaseBlood pressureChronic stable coronary artery diseaseStable coronary artery diseaseStress thallium-201 imagingMental stressGroup I patientsSilent myocardial ischemiaThallium-201 imagingAbsence of symptomsSerial radionuclide ventriculographyStructured interviewsNonischemic groupEjection fractionI patientsPsychological factorsVentricular indexRadionuclide ventriculographyClinical indicesMyocardial ischemiaReversible defects