Effects of stress and exercise tests on the functional state of cardiac performance and the state of adrenergic regulation in patients with ischemic heart disease
Liamina, N.P.; Khalfen, E.S.; Meerson, F.Z.
Kardiologiia 31(4): 42-45
1991
ISSN/ISBN: 0022-9040 PMID: 2067179 Document Number: 381507
In patients with coronary heart disease, stress was found to provoke both ischemic and arrhythmic responses. As compared with exercise test, stress caused arrhythmic reactions more frequently than ischemic ones. Stress was ascertained to provoke ischemic and arrhythmic reactions mainly via increased cardiac function. It also affected the myocardium and coronary bed by the direct action of catecholamines and other stress hormones.