title: [Psychosomatic troubles in cardiology].
abstract: Mental stress is a disagreeable feeling accompanied by sympathetic overactivity which may mimic heart disorder (panic attack, ...) induce angina pectoris in coronary patients or contribute to trigger acute myocardial infarction. It may be reproduced by mental stress tests (arithmetic test, ...) and used as diagnostic procedure in coronary patients.
authors.affiliation: Service de Cardiologie, Hôpital Erasme, Bruxelles.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Renard
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D016584:Panic Disorder / Q000523:psychology; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013315:Stress, Psychological