Open AccessRisk of Acute Myocardial Infarction After the Death of a Significant Person in One's Life
Author(s) -
Elizabeth Mostofsky,
Malcolm Maclure,
Jane B. Sherwood,
Geoffrey H. Tofler,
James E. Muller,
Murray A. Mittleman
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.111.061770
Subject(s) - medicine , myocardial infarction , incidence (geometry) , confidence interval , infarction , cardiology , physics , optics
Acute psychological stress is associated with an abrupt increase in the risk of cardiovascular events. Intense grief in the days after the death of a significant person may trigger the onset of acute myocardial infarction (MI), but this relationship has not been systematically studied.
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