Biological and Psychological Factors in Cardiovascular Disease

Front Matter....Pages I-XVI
Introduction....Pages 1-2
From Clinical Experience to Tested Hypothesis: The Role of Psychosocial Factors in Coronary Heart Disease....Pages 3-12
Front Matter....Pages 13-13
Current and Past History of Type A Behavior Pattern....Pages 15-40
Type A Behavior and Risk of Coronary Heart Disease in the Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial....Pages 41-55
The Predictive Power of the A/B Typology in Holland: Results of a 9.5-Year Follow-Up Study....Pages 56-62
Type A and Other Psychosocial Factors in Relation to Coronary Heart Disease....Pages 63-84
Is Neuroticism A Risk Factor for CAD? Is Type A a Measure of Neuroticism?....Pages 85-95
Type A: Behavior or Trait?....Pages 96-103
Type A as a Coping Career — Toward a Conceptual and Methodological Redefinition....Pages 104-126
The Importance of the Type A Subcomponent Hostility for Myocardial Infarction at Young Age....Pages 127-138
Hostility and Conflict as Antecedents of Arousal and Disease....Pages 139-154
Psychological Stress and Sudden Cardiac Death....Pages 155-183
Front Matter....Pages 185-185
Behavioral Correlates of Cardiovascular Reactivity in School Children....Pages 187-227
Familial Aspects of the Type A Behavior Pattern and Physiologic Reactivity to Stress....Pages 228-245
Stress and Cigarette Smoking: Implications for Cardiovascular Risk....Pages 246-257
Anger, Aerobics and Autonomic Reactivity....Pages 258-286
Psychophysiological Responses to Mental Stress in Type A and Type B Subjects With and Without a Family History of Hypertension....Pages 287-301
Vigilance Performance and Psychophysiologic Reactions of Type A and Vitally Exhausted Persons....Pages 302-314
Psychophysiologic Testing of Cardiovascular Responses to Physiologic and Psychological Challenge: Analysis of Intraindividual Stability....Pages 315-322
Psychobiological Markers of Stress in Surgeons and Anaesthetists....Pages 323-342
Front Matter....Pages 185-185
New Dimensions in Studying Sympathetic Nervous System Responses to Stressors....Pages 343-354
The Measurement of Continuous Finger Arterial Pressure Noninvasively in Stationary Subjects....Pages 355-375
Front Matter....Pages 377-377
Neural Mechanism in Human Cardiovascular Regulation....Pages 379-388
Behavioral Influences on Neuroendocrines and Insulin Sensitivity as Precursors of Coronary Heart Disease....Pages 389-405
Some Working Hypotheses on the Significance of Behaviorally Evoked Cardiovascular Reactivity to Pathophysiology....Pages 406-417
Behavioral Aspects of Cardiovascular Reactivity in Essential Hypertension....Pages 418-446
The Prognostic Significance of Exercise Induced Hypertension in Heart Infarction Patients....Pages 447-455
Front Matter....Pages 457-457
Atherosclerosis, Social Dominance and Cardiovascular Reactivity....Pages 459-475
Psychosocial Stress and Its Pathophysiological Effects in Tree Shrews ( Tupaia belangeri )....Pages 476-490
Heart Rate of Tree Shrews and Its Persistent Modification by Social Contact....Pages 491-499
Blood Pressure Regulation by Sodium Intake and Behavioral Stress....Pages 500-516
Individual Differences in Blood Pressure Reactivity and Behavior of Male Rats....Pages 517-526
A Peculiar Breathing Pattern and Consequent Blood Pressure Oscillation During Social Stress....Pages 527-529
Front Matter....Pages 531-531
Prevention Paradox in Coronary Heart Disease....Pages 533-549
How Does Relaxation Training Reduce Blood Pressure in Primary Hypertension?....Pages 550-567
Hypertension: Biobehavioral Influences and Their Implications for Treatment....Pages 568-583
Biobehavioral Effects of Antihypertensive Monotherapy: Oxprenolol and Nitrendipine....Pages 584-593
Type A, Social Context, and Adaptation to Serious Illness: A Longitudinal Investigation of the Role of the Family in Recovery from Myocardial Infarction....Pages 594-613
Endurance Training and Its Importance in the Prevention of Degenerative Cardiovascular Diseases....Pages 614-623
Back Matter....Pages 625-628