Psychological factors and cardiac repolarization instability during anger in implantable cardioverter defibrillator patients
Krantz DS, Harris KM, Rogers HL, Whittaker KS, Haigney MCP, Kop WJ. Psychological factors and cardiac repolarization instability during anger in implantable cardioverter defibrillator patients. Annals Of Noninvasive Electrocardiology 2021, 26: e12848. PMID: 33813750, PMCID: PMC8293621, DOI: 10.1111/anec.12848.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsQT variability indexCoronary artery diseaseCardiac repolarization instabilityICD patientsAnger recallArrhythmic vulnerabilityRepolarization instabilityRepolarization labilityHighest QT variability indexImplantable cardioverter defibrillator patientsCardiac repolarization labilitySudden cardiac deathCardioverter-defibrillator patientsImplantable cardioverter defibrillatorArtery diseaseCardiac deathICD groupMalignant arrhythmiasDefibrillator patientsHealthy controlsContinuous ECGCardioverter defibrillatorPatientsSelf-rated angerAcute anger