Psychogenic Paroxysmal Cardiac Arrhythmias : Contents of Mental Events, Age and Patterns of Arrhythmias

Psychological stress and risk of incident atrial fibrillation in men and women with known atrial fibrillation genetic risk scores

“…This study is to the best of our knowledge the first of its kind to investigate the potentially modifying effect of chronic psychological stress on a genetic risk score known to predict incident AF in men and women. Although a number of case reports have highlighted that stress has acted as a trigger of AF episodes on an individual level 1 2 3 , the results of this study show an association between stress and AF in the age and gender adjusted models for the whole population, and only for women in gender stratified analyses. Controlling for additional modifiers attenuates any significant association between chronic stress and long-term incident hospital diagnosed AF on a population level.…”

“…Psychological stress has been discussed and reported as a possible trigger of atrial fibrillation (AF) for a number of decades 1 2 3 . Psychological variables independently predict early development of AF 4 5 , and job strain is marginally associated with an increased risk of AF in men 6 , yet there is no epidemiologic evidence of any direct association between perceived psychological stress and long-term incident AF in large general populations.…”

Psychometric Characteristics of Perceived Stress Scale – 10 (PSS-10) in Cardiovascular Patients

“…Stress during cardiac diseases can have long-term negative effects on the overall health of the patients [8][9][10]. In the literature, several studies are evident that determined health related quality of life among cardiovascular and anticoagulant patients [10][11][12][13]. Few studies are also evident that measured stress using the PSS-10 tool but fewer are present that determined PSS-10 psychometric properties among cardiovascular patients.…”