title: Review of psychosomatic aspects of cardiovascular disease.
abstract: This review deals with the clinically most relevant psychosomatic aspects of cardiovascular disease. Smoking cessation, the role of physical activity in the prevention and rehabilitation of cardiac disease, the relationship of cholesterol to behavior, depression and heart disease, the pharmacotherapy of depression in this specific patient population, the psychiatric risk factors for coronary artery disease, and the treatment of hostility, stress and type A behavior are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 02114.
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Littman
mesh_terms: D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology*; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012803:Sick Role; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000523:psychology; D014434:Type A Personality
chemical_list: D002784:Cholesterol