Background: Narrative review strategies and meta-analyses have shown that drug treatment
and exercise rehabilitation regimens can reduce psychological distress and postmyocardial …

The Type A behavior pattern (TABP) is a recognized risk factor for coronary heart disease
(CHD), and yet treatments aimed at its modification are not in widespread use. We reviewed …

Objective: To evaluate rehabilitation after myocardial infarction. Design: Randomised
controlled trial of rehabilitation in unselected myocardial infarction patients in six centres …

• Heart rate, rate-pressure product, and Vo 2 were measured in ten healthy men during four
specified sexual activities: coitus with husband on top, coitus with wife on top, noncoital …

The literature dealing with the psychological and social aspects of recovery from and
rehabilitation to the acute onset of coronary heart disease (CHD) was reviewed. The papers …

Based on evidence that life stress is a precursor of ischemic heart disease episodes, a
randomized control trial of a stress monitoring and intervention program was instituted …

Sixty-eight patients with diagnosed myocardial infarctions were followed up for one year
postinfarct onset to determine psychosocial adjustment. A previous pilot had differentiated …

OBJECTIVE: The goal of this study was to identify common sources of distress in spouses of
patients undergoing cardiac rehabilitation and to compare spouses classified as being in …

• One hundred six postmyocardial infarction subjects who either achieved a mean work load
of less than seven mets on treadmill testing, who were rated as anxious and/or depressed …

Emotional problems during convalescence from myocardial infarction seriously hamper
rehabilitation and the return to work. Of the 24 patients studied, 21 rated themselves as …