Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Cardiovascular Disease
O’Donnell C, Longacre L, Cohen BE, Fayad ZA, Gillespie CF, Liberzon I, Pathak GA, Polimanti R, Risbrough V, Ursano RJ, Vander Heide R, Yancy CW, Vaccarino V, Sopko G, Stein MB. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Cardiovascular Disease. JAMA Cardiology 2021, 6: 1207-1216. PMID: 34259831, DOI: 10.1001/jamacardio.2021.2530.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPosttraumatic stress disorderAssociation of PTSDStress disorderTreatment of PTSDFunctional brain imaging studiesViolent personal assaultSevere psychological traumaBrain imaging studiesPotential causal connectionsMaladaptive reactionsPsychological traumaTraumatic eventsPTSD pathophysiologyHuman translational researchCardiovascular diseaseCVD outcomesAnatomical brain regionsPersonal assaultHuman-made disastersMilitary combatBrain regionsBrain changesHuman tissue biobanksBehavioral mechanismsRisk factors