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- Title
Prospective study of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and coronary heart disease in the Normative Aging Study.
- Authors
Kubzansky, Laura D; Koenen, Karestan C; Spiro, Avron, 3rd; Vokonas, Pantel S; Sparrow, David
- Abstract
Various correlates of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), such as high levels of sympathetic activation and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis dysregulation, have been linked to arterial damage and coronary heart disease (CHD) risk. While psychological disturbance is frequently found among patients with cardiac disease, whether psychological problems precede or occur as a result of having a potentially fatal disease is not clear. To our knowledge, no prospective studies to date have evaluated whether PTSD is associated with increased risk of CHD.
- Publication
Archives of general psychiatry, 2007, Vol 64, Issue 1, p109
- ISSN
0003-990X
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1001/archpsyc.64.1.109