Key result
Psychological stress increases the risk of sudden death from cardiac complications.
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Does psychological stress increase the risk of sudden cardiac death?
Does psychological stress increase the risk of sudden cardiac death?
Highlights the increasing epidemiological evidence linking psychological stress and emotion to sudden cardiac death.
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Alerts clinicians to consider stress in sudden death risk; extends links but leaves causal effects and interventions open.
Evidence linking emotion to sudden cardiac death continues to increase. Epidemiological studies reveal that psychological stress increases sudden death from cardiac complications in populations dur...
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Rachel Lampert (2009) studied this question. Psychological stress increases the risk of sudden death from cardiac complications.
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