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Author(s):
Sebastian Schnaubelt
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Andreas Hammer
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Lorenz Koller
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et al
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3 years ago
Cardiovascular disease is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. While traditional treatment protocols follow physical or pharmaceutical interventions, the mental approach of meditation has been used for centuries to induce beneficial changes to the patients’ cardiovascular risk profile. However, scientific refurbishment of this technique has in the past raised questions of…
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Author(s):
Gianluigi Savarese
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3 years ago
Cardiovascular (CV) disease is the leading cause of death worldwide.1 Age, sex and genetic factors have a major impact on CV risk. The importance of behavioural factors, such as tobacco and alcohol use, physical inactivity, unhealthy diet and obesity, is often neglected, although the implementation of lifestyle changes may be a cost-effective strategy for the prevention of CV diseases, also from…
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Author(s):
Kavita Prasad
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3 years ago
Role of Mental Stress in Cardiovascular Disease
The pathophysiology of how mental stress affects and modulates the cardiovascular system is incompletely understood. Chronic stress has long been suspected to be a risk factor for cardiovascular disorders (CVD), either through direct or indirect mechanisms.1,2 Stress is known to activate two biological systems: the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal…
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Author(s):
Juan Carlos Kaski
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3 years ago
Article
Author(s):
Roos ET van der Meer
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Angela Maas
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2 years ago