Stress and Cardiovascular Disease
Editors: Hjemdahl, Paul, Rosengren, Annika, Steptoe, Andrew (Eds.)
Free Preview- 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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- About this book
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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.
- Table of contents (21 chapters)
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Introduction to Cardiovascular Disease, Stress and Adaptation
Pages 1-14
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Social Stress and Cardiovascular Disease in Primates
Pages 17-29
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Cardiovascular and Autonomic Responses to Stress
Pages 31-53
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Sympathetic Neural and Adrenal Medullary Mechanisms in Depression and Panic Disorder
Pages 55-69
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Hypothalamic–Pituitary–Adrenal Axis and Cardiovascular Disease
Pages 71-87
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Table of contents (21 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Stress and Cardiovascular Disease
- Editors
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- Paul Hjemdahl
- Annika Rosengren
- Andrew Steptoe
- Copyright
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag London
- Copyright Holder
- Springer-Verlag London Limited
- eBook ISBN
- 978-1-84882-419-5
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-1-84882-419-5
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-1-84882-418-8
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-1-4471-6211-7
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XIII, 390
- Topics