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Psychophysiological Processes, the Coronary-Prone Behavior Pattern, and Coronary Heart Disease

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Coronary-Prone Behavior

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At one level of analysis, there are two avenues whereby behavior pattern might be playing a role in the etiology and course of CHD. First of all, the Type A behavior pattern might be instrumental in precipitating acute clinical events in patients with preexisting advanced coronary atherosclerosis. In addition, and perhaps in combination with this mechanism, behavior pattern might be playing a contributory role in the atherosclerotic process itself. The strongest available evidence, from the Western Collaborative Group Study1 indicates that Type A men experience about twice the incidence of clinical CHD events over an 81/2 year follow up compared to Type B men.

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  1. Redford B. Williams Jr.
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Behavioral Science Department, Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, Florida, 33733, USA

    Theodore M. Dembroski Ph.D. (Associate Professor of Psychology) (Associate Professor of Psychology)

  2. Behavioral Medicine Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 20014, USA

    Stephen M. Weiss Ph.D. (Acting Chief) (Acting Chief)

  3. Division of Heart and Vascular Diseases, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 20014, USA

    Jim L. Shields Ph.D. (Deputy Director) (Deputy Director)

  4. Epidemiology Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 20014, USA

    Suzanne G. Haynes Ph.D.  & Manning Feinleib M.D., Dr. P.H. (Chief) &  (Chief)

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Williams, R.B. (1978). Psychophysiological Processes, the Coronary-Prone Behavior Pattern, and Coronary Heart Disease. In: Dembroski, T.M., Weiss, S.M., Shields, J.L., Haynes, S.G., Feinleib, M. (eds) Coronary-Prone Behavior. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-86007-2_11

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