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Negative association between resting blood pressure and chest pain in people undergoing exercise stress testing for coronary artery disease.
Pain
June 2010
Department of Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada Montreal Behavioural Medicine Centre, Montreal Heart Institute, A University of Montreal Affiliated Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada Montreal Behavioural Medicine Centre, Sacré-Cœur Hospital, A University of Montreal Affiliated Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada Department of Psychology, University of Quebec at Montreal (UQAM), Montreal, QC, Canada Department of Psychology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada Department of Exercise Science, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Sustained and acute increases in blood pressure can dampen pain in experimental animals and humans. The most important clinical implication of this relationship may be the phenomenon of silent cardiac ischemia. High blood pressure is common in people at risk for cardiac ischemia and may reduce angina, the key symptom of life-threatening ischemia.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFChronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients with psychiatric disorders are at greater risk of exacerbations.
Psychosom Med
July 2009
Department of Psychology, University of Québec at Montreal (UQAM), Canada.
Objective: To assess prospectively the impact of psychiatric disorders on risk for exacerbations. The course of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is punctuated by acute exacerbations. Although anxiety and mood disorders are common in patients with COPD, no studies have assessed prospectively the association between these disorders and exacerbations.
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