2024
Ecologically Assessed Sleep Duration and Arterial Stiffness in Healthy Men and Women
Gaffey A, Walenczyk K, Schwartz J, Hall M, Burg M. Ecologically Assessed Sleep Duration and Arterial Stiffness in Healthy Men and Women. Psychosomatic Medicine 2024, 86: 740-747. PMID: 39225340, DOI: 10.1097/psy.0000000000001335.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSelf-reported sleep durationArterial stiffnessSleep durationAverage sleep durationActigraphy-assessed sleepAmbulatory arterial stiffness indexSex-specific associationsArterial stiffness indexAssessment of ASResting CaiHealth covariatesValid contextsSex-stratifiedQuadratic associationHealthy MenCAIXAssess sleepExploratory analysisYoung adultsStiffness indexHealthy adultsSex-specificMultivariate regressionSleepAssociation
2020
Modifiable lifestyle factors in women with Takotsubo syndrome: A case-control study
Harris KM, Rosman L, Burg MM, Salmoirago-Blotcher E. Modifiable lifestyle factors in women with Takotsubo syndrome: A case-control study. Heart & Lung 2020, 49: 524-529. PMID: 32199679, DOI: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2020.03.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsModifiable lifestyle factorsTakotsubo syndromeCase-control studyCoffee consumptionPhysical activityLifestyle factorsAlcohol useGreater coffee consumptionPack/dayLess physical activityUse of psychostimulantsHealthy women volunteersPost-myocardial infarctionWomen post-myocardial infarctionMI womenHigh prevalenceTS pathophysiologyCoffee useLifetime smokingSmokingTS womenWomen volunteersWomenSyndromeAssociation
2016
Psychological stress and short-term hospitalisations or death in patients with heart failure
Endrighi R, Waters AJ, Gottlieb SS, Harris KM, Wawrzyniak AJ, Bekkouche NS, Li Y, Kop WJ, Krantz DS. Psychological stress and short-term hospitalisations or death in patients with heart failure. Heart 2016, 102: 1820. PMID: 27357124, PMCID: PMC5237617, DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2015-309154.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAdverse eventsCV hospitalisationPsychological stressProspective associationsRisk of AEsShort-term hospitalisationAcute cardiovascular eventsPerceived stressPrior hospitalisationCardiovascular eventsHeart failureHospitalisationImportant target groupHF interventionsPatientsAverage perceived stressStudy periodHigher likelihoodStudy measurementsAssociationTarget groupStandard predictorsAverage levelMonths