Expectancy and type of activity: Effects on pre-stress cardiovascular adaptation

Mental Stress-Induced Platelet Activation Among Patients With Coronary Artery Disease

“…A 23-gauge butterfly needle was inserted in the patient's other arm for blood sampling. The baseline period included completing questionnaires (20 -40 minutes), followed by 5-minute reading aloud of a neutral passage from a magazine, and 5 minutes of silently reading (19). The two mental stress tasks were then administered in succession-mental arithmetic (5 minutes) and anger recall (2-minute preparation and 5-minute recall).…”