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Anxiety and Heart Disease

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Clinical Psychology and Heart Disease

Abstract

Despite impressive gains made in the treatment of coronary heart disease (CHD), it remains the number one cause of death and a major cause of disability among women and men in the United States (US). By the year 2020, CHD is projected to be the number one cause of death worldwide [1]–[3]. Coronary heart disease claims more lives each year than the next five causes of death combined [1]. The effect of various demographic (e.g., age, gender) and clinical (e.g., the presence of comorbidities) characteristics on development of cardiac events and on recovery has been well studied [4]. These demographic and clinical characteristics are used commonly in clinical practice to determine patient risk for future events.

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Moser, D.K., De Jong, M.J. (2006). Anxiety and Heart Disease. In: Clinical Psychology and Heart Disease. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-0378-1_9

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