Mental Stress, Sex, and Cardiovascular Disease (IMAGE)

American College of Cardiology

Mental Stress, Sex, and Cardiovascular Disease

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This graphic shows the effects of mental stress on psychophysiological domains, myocardial ischemia, and outcomes in men and women.

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Zainab Samad, Stephen Boyle, Mads Ersboll, Amit N. Vora, Ye Zhang, Richard C. Becker, Redford Williams, Cynthia Kuhn, Thomas L. Ortel, Joseph G. Rogers, Christopher M. O'Connor, Eric J. Velazquez, Wei Jiang, for the REMIT Investigators. Sex Differences in Platelet Reactivity and Cardiovascular and Psychological Response to Mental Stress in Patients With Stable Ischemic Heart Disease: Insights From the REMIT Study. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2014;64(16):1669-1678.

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