title: [Psychological factors in coronary heart disease].
abstract: Looking for pathophysiological factors in coronary heart disease involves genetics, environmental factors and difficult to estimate psychological and sociological factors, which may cause coronary heart disease as well as affect survival among patients. Randomized controlled trials are to support correlation between coronary heart disease and psychological factors and help to find such factors, which could be influenced in order to improve prognosis. There is a strong evidence for aetiological and prognostic role for depression and less evidence for anxiety and type A behaviour.
authors.affiliation: Katedra i Klinika Kardiologii Akademii Medycznej we Wrocławiu.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kobusiak-Prokopowicz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000235:genetics; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology; D004777:Environment; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D012307:Risk Factors; D014434:Type A Personality