Open AccessAssessment of Cardiac Autonomic Functions in Medical Students With Type D Personality
Author(s) -
Shuba Narasimhan,
Panwar Ra
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2016/17516.7214
Subject(s) - type d personality , heart rate , negative affectivity , medicine , social inhibition , autonomic function , cardiology , coronary artery disease , diaphragmatic breathing , heart rate variability , cardiac function curve , panic , blood pressure , heart failure , psychiatry , anxiety , alternative medicine , pathology , social anxiety
Type D personality experiences joint occurrence of Negative Affectivity and Social Inhibition. It is an emerging risk factor for cardiovascular disease, with prevalence being 18-53% among cardiac patients. Type D personality people have exaggerated cardiovascular activity mediated by increased sympathetic drive and decreased vagal control of the heart which leads to enhanced risk of hypertension and is an independent risk factor for coronary heart disease.