Electrocardiographic effects of social stress on coronary-prone (type A) individuals
| Autor: | Fabrega H, Van Egeren Lf, Thornton Dw |
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| Rok vydání: | 1983 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Stimulation Coronary Disease Social Environment QRS complex Electrocardiography Internal medicine Medicine ST segment Humans Interpersonal Relations Social strategies Applied Psychology Depression (differential diagnoses) Social stress business.industry Hemodynamics Arrhythmias Cardiac Competitive game Psychiatry and Mental health Electrophysiology Cardiology Female business Arousal Stress Psychological Personality |
| Zdroj: | Psychosomatic medicine. 45(3) |
| ISSN: | 0033-3174 |
| Popis: | Subjects selected for possession of either the Type A (coronary-prone) or Type B (coronary-resistant) behavior pattern interacted with a computer, while appearing to interact with a partner, in a formal competitive game of social strategy. Type A subjects exhibited greater impatience than Type B subjects. Computer analysis of the electrocardiogram revealed that social stimulation elicited larger ventricular electrophysiological responses (ST segment depression, and reduction of T wave and R wave amplitudes) in Type A than in Type B subjects. Such changes are consistent with the assumption of greater cardiac sympathetic activity during the social interactions in the Type A subjects. |
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