How mental stress can trigger cardiac events

Study ties endothelial response to stress to events in patients with CAD
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Psychological stress-induced vascular changes in patients with coronary artery disease could greatly increase the risk of death and MI, a groundbreaking US study has found.

The findings, published in JAMA Cardiology, provide further backing for a link between mental stress and disease progression in older adults with heart disease, the researchers say.