Mental Stress–Induced-Myocardial Ischemia in Young Patients With Recent Myocardial Infarction

• DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.117.030849
• Publication Date: 2018-02-19T19:10:37Z
• Authors: Viola Vaccarino; Samaah Sullivan; Muhammad Hammadah; Kobina Wilmot; Ibhar Al Mheid; Ronnie Ramadan; Lisa Elon; Pratik M. Pimple; Ernest V. Garcia; Jonathon Nye; Amit J. Shah; Ayman Alkhoder; Oleksiy Levantsevych; Hawkins Gay; Malik Obideen; Minxuan Huang; Tené T. Lewis; J. Douglas Bremner; Arshed A. Quyyumi; Paolo Raggi
• Keywords: Mental stress

Mental stress-induced myocardial ischemia (MSIMI) is frequent in patients with coronary artery disease and associated worse prognosis. Young women a previous infarction (MI), group unexplained higher mortality than men of comparable age, have shown elevated rates MSIMI, but the mechanisms are unknown.