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