The ongoing obesity epidemic represents a global public health crisis that contributes to
poor health outcomes, reduced quality of life, and> 2.8 million deaths each year. Obesity is …

Anxiety and its associated disorders are common in patients with cardiovascular disease
and may significantly influence cardiac health. Anxiety disorders are associated with the …

Background Psychosocial factors in cardiovascular diseases are increasingly
acknowledged by patients, health care providers and payer organizations. Due to the rapidly …

Unrecognized anxiety is a difficult clinical presentation in cardiology. Anxiety leads to
recurring emergency department visits and the need for numerous diagnostic evaluations to …

Cortisol and corticosterone act on the appraisal process, which comprises the selection of
an appropriate coping style and the encoding of the experience for storage in the memory …

The concept of frailty syndrome (FS) was first described in the scientific literature three
decades ago. For a very long time, we understood it as a geriatric problem, recently …

Abstract Purpose of Review To review the current state of preoperative psychological
preparation to improve outcomes after cardiac surgery. Recent Findings Preoperative …

Background and purpose Anxiety is one of the most common responses of patients awaiting
coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery to stressful conditions before surgery. This …

Psychosoziale Faktoren wie niedriger sozialer Status, akuter oder chronischer Stress,
Depression oder Angst sind mit einem erhöhten kardiovaskulären Erkrankungsrisiko und mit …

Background Psychological factors are associated with adverse prognosis in patients with
ischemic heart disease (IHD). However, it is unknown whether these risk factors differ …