Fig. 10.1 Causal model whereby genes and environment affect brain systems responsible for expression of health behaviors, psychological traits and states, and neuroendocrine and autonomic functions that influence components of…
Fig. 6.1 Hospital mortality rates by sex and age among 384,878 myocardial infarction patients enrolled in the National Registry of Myocardial Infarction II. Women in the younger age groups show…
Fig. 15.1 Cumulative all-cause mortality rate for psychosocial intervention and usual care patients. Adapted from Orth-Gomér et al. (2009) Although SWITCHD (Orth-Gomér et al. 2009) was not designed to study…
Fig. 9.1 Cardiovascular disease mortality in the Netherlands in 2011, stratified by age cohorts and sex (CBS 2013a) Evidence indicates considerable differences between women versus men in the prevalence of…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Kristina Orth-Gomér, Neil Schneiderman, Viola Vaccarino and Hans-Christian Deter (eds.)Psychosocial Stress and Cardiovascular Disease in Women10.1007/978-3-319-09241-6_12 12. Inhibited Breathing and Salt-Sensitive Hypertension in Women David E. Anderson1 and Margaret A. Chesney2 (1) Division of Nephrology, Department…
Fig. 11.1 Neurocardiac Model of Early Stress, Mental Disorders, and Cardiovascular Function The Effects of Early Stress on Neurohormonal and Neurochemical Systems Stress is associated with activation of the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Kristina Orth-Gomér, Neil Schneiderman, Viola Vaccarino and Hans-Christian Deter (eds.)Psychosocial Stress and Cardiovascular Disease in Women10.1007/978-3-319-09241-6_5 5. Depression and Cardiovascular Disease in Women: Behavioral and Biological Mechanisms Involved in this Association Diana A. Chirinos1 …
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Kristina Orth-Gomér, Neil Schneiderman, Viola Vaccarino and Hans-Christian Deter (eds.)Psychosocial Stress and Cardiovascular Disease in Women10.1007/978-3-319-09241-6_8 8. Sleep as a Means of Recovery and Restitution in Women: The Relation with Psychosocial Stress…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Kristina Orth-Gomér, Neil Schneiderman, Viola Vaccarino and Hans-Christian Deter (eds.)Psychosocial Stress and Cardiovascular Disease in Women10.1007/978-3-319-09241-6_3 3. Coronary Heart Disease in Women: Evolution of Our Knowledge Nanette Kass Wenger1 (1) Department of Medicine, Division…
and Karin Manhem2 (1) Department of Cardiology and Epidemiology, Sahlgrenska Academy, Gothenburg, Sweden (2) Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden Abstract Women die from coronary…
