title: Effects of transcendental meditation on symptoms and electrocardiographic changes in patients with cardiac syndrome X.
abstract: Chest pain with normal coronary angiograms is often associated with chronic sympathetic activation, anxiety, and depression, and is resistant to conventional antianginal treatment. The practice of transcendental meditation, a standard relaxation method for 3 months twice daily, significantly improved exercise tolerance, angina episodes, and quality of life in 9 women; the positive findings in this study warrant further research.
authors.affiliation: University of Westminster, London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cunningham
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Kaski
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005080:Exercise Test; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019122:Meditation; D017566:Microvascular Angina / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011788:Quality of Life