title: Behavioral influences on cardiac arrhythmias.
abstract: Stress can trigger both ventricular and atrial arrhythmias, as evidenced by epidemiological, clinical, and laboratory studies, through its impact on autonomic activity. Chronic stress also increases vulnerability to arrhythmias. Novel therapies aimed at decreasing the psychological and physiological response to stress may decrease arrhythmia frequency and improve quality of life.
authors.affiliation: Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT. Electronic address: rachel.lampert@yale.edu.
authors.forename: Rachel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lampert
mesh_terms: D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D001341:Autonomic Nervous System / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D011603:Psychophysiology / Q000379:methods*; D011788:Quality of Life; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control
keywords: Atrial fibrillation; Behavior; Stress; sudden cardiac arrest; ventricular arrhythmias