Table of Contents
A. Psychosocial Factors and Sudden Death.- 1. History of the Study of Stress and Heart Disease.- 2. The Epidemiology of Sudden Cardiac Death: Incidence Clinical Features, Biomedical and Psychosocial Risk Factors.- 3. Psychosocial Stress and Sudden Cardiac Death: Brain Mechanisms.- 4. Socioenvironmental Factors in Heart Disease.- 5. Stress, Social Habits and Heart Disease.- 6. Myocardial Ischemia Induced by Emotion in Patients with Angina Pectoris.- 7. Life Stress and Relapse in Smoking Cessation.- 8. Nucleus Tractus Solitarii (NTS): Does it mask the Interaction of Blood Pressure and Thermal Energetics?.- 9. Utilization of a new Objective, Non-Physical Stress Test.- B. Coronary Spasm and Arrhythmias.- 10. Involvement of Catecholamines in Coronary Spasm Under Stressful Conditions.- 11. A New Animal Model for Coronary Spasm: Provocation and Prevention.- 12. Electrocardiographic Manifestations of Neurological Disease: A Unifying Hypothesis.- 13. Some Psychological Features of Cardiac Arrhythmia.- 14. The Genesis and Control of Reperfusion Arrhythmias.- 15. Antioxidant Protection Against Epinephrine-Induced Arrhythmias.- C. Cardiomyopathies and Atherosclerosis.- 16. Clinical Observations on Stress and Cardiomyopathy.- 17. Morphological Aspects of Myocardial Lesions Associated with Stress.- 18. Clinical and Biochemical Aspects of Stress and Cardiomyopathy.- 19. Effects of Trifluoperazine and Chlorpromazine on Calcium Paradox in Isolated Ventricle Strips.- 20. Psychosocial Phenomena and Female “Protection” from Coronary Artery Atherosclerosis in Cynomolgus Macaques (Macaca Fascicularis).- 21. Psychosocial Stress and Atherosclerosis in Cynomolgus Macaques.- D. Stress Models and Pathophysiological Mechanisms.- 22. Effects of Starvation on Myocardial Glycogen in Normal and Hypertrophic Hearts.- 23. Myocardial Changes in the Fetal Rat Heart Due To Stress During Prolonged Gestation.- 24. Characteristics of Stress Induced by Methionine Enkephalin in Intact Rabbits.- 25. Role of Diabetes in the Production of Stress Related Heart Disease.- 26. Cardiac Oedema and Physical Stress.- 27. The Contribution of Platelets to Stress-Related Cardiovascular Disease.- 28. Hemorheological Factors and Treatment in Myocardial Ischemia.- 29. Role of Cardioplegia in Cardiac Stress During Surgery.- E. Management and Prevention of Stress.- 30. The Role of Stress Management in Comprehensive Cardiovascular Rehabilitation.- 31. Regular Endurance Exercise Decreases Susceptibility to Ventricular Fibrillation during Acute Ischemic Events.- 32. Effect of Tai Chi on the Response to Treadmill Exercise.- 33. Stress-Limiting Systems of the Organism and Their Role in Prevention of Ischemic Damages of the Heart.- 34. Past Present and Future Directions in the Treatment of Stress-Related Cardiovascular Disorders.
