Triggering of Symptomatic Atrial Fibrillation by Negative Emotion

[...]sensitivity analyses found the associations were robust even in the setting of nonrandom noncompliance. Because patients were not monitored continuously, the possibility that asymptomatic AF started earlier, leading to negative emotion, and then became symptomatic cannot be excluded. [...]negat...

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Published in:Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2014-10, Vol.64 (14), p.1533-1534
Main Authors: Lampert, Rachel, MD, Jamner, Lawrence, PhD, Burg, Matthew, PhD, Dziura, James, PhD, Brandt, Cynthia, MD, Liu, Haibei, MPH, Li, Fangyong, MPH, Donovan, Theresa, BS, Soufer, Robert, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alcohol use
Anger
Anxiety
Atrial Fibrillation - physiopathology
Atrial Fibrillation - psychology
Bias
Cardiac arrhythmia
Cardiology
Cardiovascular
Confidence intervals
Electrocardiography, Ambulatory - methods
Emotions
Endorsements
Happiness
Humans
Internal Medicine
Prospective Studies
Ratios
Recall
Self Report
Stress, Psychological
Studies
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Summary:[...]sensitivity analyses found the associations were robust even in the setting of nonrandom noncompliance. Because patients were not monitored continuously, the possibility that asymptomatic AF started earlier, leading to negative emotion, and then became symptomatic cannot be excluded. [...]negative emotions including anger, anxiety, sadness, and stress trigger symptomatic AF, whereas happiness is protective.
ISSN:0735-1097
1558-3597
DOI:10.1016/j.jacc.2014.07.959