Key points are not available for this paper at this time.
Design
Review
Highlights potential SCD prevention role for stress management; leaves open causal validation in prospective trials.
Acute emotional stress appears to play an important role in the development of sudden cardiac death. An interplay of autonomic neural imbalances, metabolic effects of stress and stress-induced myocardial injury is believed responsible although precise mechanisms remain unknown.
No takes yet. Share an insight, caveat, or question.
Douglas C. Russell (1987) studied this question.
Synapse has enriched 5 closely related papers on similar clinical questions. Consider them for comparative context: