Coronary Disease - Psychology
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Posttraumatic stress disorder and health-related quality of life in patients with coronary heart disease: findings from the Heart and Soul Study.

30 Oct 2009 CONTEXT: Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is increasingly recognized as a cause of substantial disability. In addition to its tremendous mental health burden, PTSD has been associated with worse physical health status and an increased risk of ... Read more...

Omega-3 augmentation of sertraline in treatment of depression in patients with coronary heart disease: a randomized controlled trial.

19 Oct 2009 CONTEXT: Studies of depressed psychiatric patients have shown that antidepressant efficacy can be increased by augmentation with omega-3 fatty acids. OBJECTIVE: To determine whether omega-3 improves the response to sertraline in patients with major ... Read more...

Routine screening for depression in patients with coronary heart disease never mind.

30 Aug 2009 A recent Science Advisory from the American Heart Association (AHA) recommended routine screening of all patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) for depression. The authors of the advisory noted that the high prevalence of depression in patients ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Coronary Disease - Psychology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Posttraumatic stress disorder and health-related quality of life in patients with coronary heart disease: findings from the Heart and Soul Study. 30 Oct 2009
• Omega-3 augmentation of sertraline in treatment of depression in patients with coronary heart disease: a randomized controlled trial. 19 Oct 2009
• Commentary on Lau-Walker MO, Cowie MR & Roughton M (2009) Coronary heart disease patients' perception of their symptoms and sense of control are associated with their quality of life three years following hospital discharge. Journal of Clinical Nursing 18, 63-71. 29 Sep 2009
• Treatment-resistant depression and sudden cardiac death. 30 Aug 2009
• Routine screening for depression in patients with coronary heart disease never mind. 30 Aug 2009
• Reducing psychosocial stress: a novel mechanism of improving survival from exercise training. 11 Aug 2009
• Optimism, cynical hostility, and incident coronary heart disease and mortality in the Women's Health Initiative. 8 Aug 2009
• The time has come for physicians to take notice: the impact of psychosocial stressors on the heart. 30 Jul 2009
• A psychometric evaluation of the Chinese version of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale in patients with coronary heart disease. 29 Jun 2009
• The tenacity of the coronary candidate: how people with familial hypercholesterolaemia construct raised cholesterol and coronary heart disease. 29 Jun 2009
• The TrueBlue study: is practice nurse-led collaborative care effective in the management of depression for patients with heart disease or diabetes? 21 Jun 2009
• [Gender-specific evaluation of coronary disease patients' self-esteem and social support] 30 May 2009
• The longitudinal effects of depression on physical activity. 11 May 2009
• Health-related quality of life 2 years after coronary artery bypass graft surgery. 29 Apr 2009
• Relationship of early life stress and psychological functioning to blood pressure in the CARDIA study. 29 Apr 2009
• Impact of genetic risk information and type of disease on perceived risk, anticipated affect, and expected consequences of genetic tests. 29 Apr 2009
• Quality of life in opium-addicted patients with coronary artery disease as measured with WHOQOL-BREF. 29 Apr 2009
• U.K. women's perception of the role of psychosocial stress in the development of coronary heart disease. 29 Apr 2009
• Geographic life environments and coronary heart disease: a literature review, theoretical contributions, methodological updates, and a research agenda. 27 Apr 2009
• Music for stress and anxiety reduction in coronary heart disease patients. 13 Apr 2009

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Technical information about 'Coronary Disease'

Definition: An imbalance between myocardial functional requirements and the capacity of the CORONARY VESSELS to supply sufficient blood flow. It is a form of MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA (insufficient blood supply to the heart muscle) caused by a decreased capacity of the coronary vessels.

Descriptor UI: D003327

Alternative terms: Coronary Disease; Coronary Diseases; Disease, Coronary; Diseases, Coronary; Coronary Heart Disease; Coronary Heart Diseases; Disease, Coronary Heart; Diseases, Coronary Heart; Heart Disease, Coronary; Heart Diseases, Coronary;

Related Mesh Headings: Coronary Artery Bypass; Myocardial Revascularization; Angioplasty, Transluminal, Percutaneous Coronary;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C14.280.647.250; C14.907.585.250;

Technical Notes: general or unspecified; prefer specifics