Open AccessEffects of cardiac rehabilitation with and without meditation on myocardial blood flow using quantitative positron emission tomography: A pilot study
Author(s) -
Sabahat Bokhari,
Robert Schneider,
John W. Salerno,
Maxwell Rainforth,
Carolyn Gaylord-King,
Sanford Nidich
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of nuclear cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.791
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1532-6551
pISSN - 1071-3581
DOI - 10.1007/s12350-019-01884-9
Subject(s) - medicine , psychosocial , positron emission tomography , rehabilitation , transcendental meditation , cardiology , cardiac pet , stress testing (software) , physical therapy , nuclear medicine , meditation , philosophy , theology , psychiatry , computer science , programming language
Psychosocial stress is recognized as a risk factor for coronary heart disease (CHD). High rates of CHD in African-Americans may be related to psychosocial stress. However, standard cardiac rehabilitation (CR) usually does not include a systematic stress-reduction technique. Previous studies suggest that the Transcendental Meditation (TM) technique may reduce CHD risk factors and clinical events. This pilot study explored the effects of standard CR with and without TM on a measure of CHD in African-American patients.