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Stress and Cardiovascular Disease

  • Evaluates the concept of stress and provides tools to help physicians identify at risk patients

  • Demonstrates correlations between stress and cardiovascular disease

  • Critically evaluates interventional research and management strategies

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
  2. Mechanisms

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15
  3. Introduction to Cardiovascular Disease, Stress and Adaptation

    1. Introduction to Cardiovascular Disease, Stress and Adaptation

      • Andrew Steptoe, Annika Rosengren, Paul Hjemdahl
      Pages 1-14
  4. Mechanisms

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15
    2. Cardiovascular and Autonomic Responses to Stress

      • Paul Hjemdahl, Murray Esler
      Pages 31-53
    3. Hypothalamic–Pituitary–Adrenal Axis and Cardiovascular Disease

      • Gregory Kaltsas, Anthony S. Zannas, George P. Chrousos
      Pages 71-87
    4. Haemostatic Effects of Stress

      • Paul Hjemdahl, Roland von Känel
      Pages 89-110
    5. Brain Imaging of Stress and Cardiovascular Responses

      • Marcus Gray, Yoko Nagai, Hugo D. Critchley
      Pages 129-148
  5. Acute Stress and Triggering

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 149-149
    2. Psychological Triggers for Plaque Rupture

      • Geoffrey H. Tofler, Alexandra O’Farrell, Thomas Buckley
      Pages 151-168
    3. Stress Cardiomyopathy

      • Ilan S. Wittstein
      Pages 169-191
  6. Chronic Stress

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 193-193
    2. Psychosocial Factors at Work: The Epidemiological Perspective

      • Mika Kivimäki, Archana Singh-Manoux, G. David Batty, Marianna Virtanen, Jane E. Ferrie, Jussi Vahtera
      Pages 195-209
    3. Post-traumatic Stress Disorder: Emerging Risk Factor and Mechanisms

      • Roland von Känel, Marie-Louise Gander Ferrari
      Pages 235-256
    4. Sleep, Stress, and Heart Disease

      • Torbjörn Åkerstedt, Aleksander Perski
      Pages 257-272

About this book

The main aim of this book is to evaluate the concept of stress and provide tools for physicians to identify patients who might benefit from stress management. This will incorporate a detailed description of the physiological and pathophysiological consequences of acute and chronic stress that might lead to cardiovascular disease. The book will aim to critically evaluate interventional research (behavioural and other therapies) and provide evidence based recommendations on how to manage stress in the cardiovascular patient. Our intentions are to define and highlight stress as an etiological factor for cardiovascular disease, and to describe an evidence based "tool box" that physicians may use to identify and manage patients in whom stress may be an important contributing factor for their disease and their risk of suffering cardiovascular complications.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Karolinska Hospital, Dept. Clinical Pharmacology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden

    Paul Hjemdahl

  • St Georges Hospital Medical School, Dept. Psychology, University of London, London, United Kingdom

    Andrew Steptoe

  • Sahlgrenska University Hospital/Östra, Göteborg, Sweden

    Annika Rosengren

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Stress and Cardiovascular Disease

  • Editors: Paul Hjemdahl, Andrew Steptoe, Annika Rosengren

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-419-5

  • Publisher: Springer London

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag London Limited 2012

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-84882-418-8Published: 02 October 2011

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4471-6211-7Published: 23 November 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-84882-419-5Published: 01 October 2011

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 390

  • Topics: Cardiology, Internal Medicine, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Medicine/Public Health, general

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eBook USD 84.99
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  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 169.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 109.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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