Stress and CVD

• Directly?


  increased heart rate wears lining of blood vessels. increased glucose leads to clumps blocking blood vessels
• Indirectly?


  stress causes us to do maladptive things
• Harburg et al (1973)?

  compared bp of people living in high & low stress of Detroit. highest blood pressure found in high stress group
• Cobb and Rose (1973)?

  compared bp of pilots and air traffic controllers. ATC believed to be most stressed. ATC highest blood pressure
• Russek and Zohman?


  heart diseases greater in GP (high stress) than dermatologists (Low stress)
• Yusef et al (2004)?


  compared people who had experienced a heart attack with those who had not. those with heart attacks more likely to experience chronic stress.