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MINI REVIEW

Psychological and social factors in coronary heart disease

Christian Albus Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University of Cologne, Cologne, GermanyCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 487-494 | Received 10 May 2010, Accepted 26 Jul 2010, Published online: 14 Sep 2010

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Table I. Psychosocial risk factors in coronary heart disease.

Figure 1. Pathophysiologic mechanisms by which chronic stress and affective disorders promote atherosclerosis. From reference (Citation40) with permission.

ANS = autonomic nervous system; SNS = sympathetic nervous system; HPA = hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal.

Figure 1. Pathophysiologic mechanisms by which chronic stress and affective disorders promote atherosclerosis. From reference (Citation40) with permission.ANS = autonomic nervous system; SNS = sympathetic nervous system; HPA = hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal.

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