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Mood and transient cardiac dysfunction in everyday life

Bhattacharyya, MR; Steptoe, A; (2011) Mood and transient cardiac dysfunction in everyday life. J BEHAV MED , 34 (1) 74 - 81. 10.1007/s10865-010-9280-x. Green open access

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Abstract

Emotion in daily life may be associated with transient myocardial ischemia, ventricular tachycardia and impaired autonomic function in cardiac patients, but the precise temporal sequence is unclear. Eighty-eight patients with suspected coronary artery disease underwent 24-h electrocardiographic monitoring, and affect was measured with the Day Reconstruction Method. Thirteen patients (15%) experienced one or more episodes of ST depression or ventricular tachycardia, nine of whom provided concurrent mood data. Mood and heart rate variability were analyzed for the 15 min before, during, and 15 min after each ST depression/ventricular tachycardia episode, and were compared with control periods not associated with cardiac dysfunction. Patients reported more negative mood in the 15 min preceding cardiac dysfunction compared with control periods (P = 0.02). Heart rate increased in the 5 min before cardiac dysfunction (P = 0.005), whereas low frequency heart rate variability was reduced at onset but not before cardiac dysfunction (P = 0.007). There were not changes in high frequency heart rate variability. This small study indicates that emotional state may contribute to vulnerability of cardiac dysfunction in everyday life.

Type: Article
Title: Mood and transient cardiac dysfunction in everyday life
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1007/s10865-010-9280-x
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10865-010-9280-x
Language: English
Additional information: Open Access article
Keywords: Myocardial ischemia, Mood, Heart rate variability, Ventricular tachycardia, Coronary artery disease, CORONARY-ARTERY-DISEASE, HEART-RATE-VARIABILITY, DAY RECONSTRUCTION METHOD, MYOCARDIAL-ISCHEMIA, EMOTIONAL TRIGGERS, STRESS, DEPRESSION, PAIN
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health > Behavioural Science and Health
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1370806
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