2010
Tendency to Angry Rumination Predicts Stress-Provoked Endothelin-1 Increase in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease
Fernandez AB, Soufer R, Collins D, Soufer A, Ranjbaran H, Burg MM. Tendency to Angry Rumination Predicts Stress-Provoked Endothelin-1 Increase in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease. Psychosomatic Medicine 2010, 72: 348-353. PMID: 20368479, PMCID: PMC2872076, DOI: 10.1097/psy.0b013e3181d71982.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCoronary heart diseaseET-1 increaseET-1Chronic stable coronary heart diseaseStable coronary heart diseaseMultivariate logistic regression modelET-1 elevationAcute coronary syndromeHistory of diabetesRate-pressure productCoronary artery diseaseEndothelin-1 increaseLogistic regression modelsCoronary syndromeArtery diseaseBeta blockersPotential confoundersPressure productHeart diseasePlaque ruptureBlood samplesPatientsAngry ruminationNitric oxideStress protocol
2007
The heart-brain interaction during emotionally provoked myocardial ischemia: implications of cortical hyperactivation in CAD and gender interactions.
Soufer R, Burg MM. The heart-brain interaction during emotionally provoked myocardial ischemia: implications of cortical hyperactivation in CAD and gender interactions. Cleveland Clinic Journal Of Medicine 2007, 74 Suppl 1: s59-62. PMID: 17455547, DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.74.suppl_1.s59.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMental stress-induced ischemiaStress-induced ischemiaMental stressMyocardial ischemiaAcute coronary syndromeRecurrent cardiac eventsSilent myocardial ischemiaRisk stratification algorithmLong-term outcomesTreatment of patientsHeart-brain interactionsDifferential pathophysiologyCoronary syndromeCardiac eventsRisk stratificationPoor prognosisTransient ischemiaVulnerable patientsStratification algorithmCortical hyperactivationEarly deathIschemiaDiagnostic testingClinical settingClinical goals
2006
The Implications of Mental Stress for Cardiovascular Disease
Graeber B, Soufer A, Burg M, Soufer R. The Implications of Mental Stress for Cardiovascular Disease. Contemporary Cardiology 2006, 197-215. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-096-6_11.Peer-Reviewed Original Research