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Psychosocial stress and cardiovascular disease

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Dar, Tawseef, Radfar, Azar, Abohashem, Shady, Pitman, Roger K., Tawakol, Ahmed, Osborne, Michael T.·2019·Current Treatment Options in Cardiovascular Medicine

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Purpose of review This manuscript reviews the epidemiological data linking psychosocial stress to cardiovascular disease (CVD), describes recent advances in understanding the biological pathway between them, discusses potential therapies against stress-related CVD, and identifies future research directions.Recent findings Metabolic activity of the amygdala (a neural center that is critically involved in the response to stress) can be measured on 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (18 F-FDG-PET/CT) yielding a neurobiological signal that independently predicts subsequent CVD events. Furthermore, a serial pathway from ↑amygdalar activity → ↑hematopoietic tissue activity → ↑arterial inflammation → ↑CVD events has been elucidated, providing new insights into the mechanism linking stress to CVD. Psychosocial stress and stress conditions are independently associated with CVD in a manner that depends on the degree and duration of stress as well as the individual response to a stressor. Nevertheless, the fundamental biology remains incompletely defined, and stress is often confounded by adverse health behaviors. Thus, most clinical guidelines do not yet recognize psychosocial stress as an independent CVD risk factor or advocate for its treatment in CVD prevention. Clarification of this neurobiological pathway provides a better understanding of the underlying pathophysiology and suggests opportunities to develop novel preventive strategies and therapies.

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  • Intersubjective dyadic practices, and specific socio-emotional ones, may be particularly efficient in reducing social stress.

    “Therefore, such intersubjective dyadic practices and specific socio-emotional ones may be particularly efficient in reducing social stress, one of the most prominent causes of stress-related diseases (68–70).”

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    The Conclusions (page unavailable) associate psychosocial stress with increased cardiovascular disease risk, and the Potential therapies section discusses stress-reduction interventions. Neither section addresses intersubjective dyadic or specific socio-emotional practices, or shows that they are particularly effective at reducing social stress. (LLM, conf=0.83)

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  • Psychological stress has been shown to influence the onset of several cardiovascular diseases.

    “Moreover, psychological stress has been shown to influence the onset of several cardiovascular diseases (Dar et al., 2019; Esler, 2017; Leo et al., 2023).”

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Authors
Dar, T., Radfar, A., Abohashem, S., Pitman, R. K., Tawakol, A., & Osborne, M. T.
Affiliations
Harvard University (US)
Corresponding author
Osborne, Michael T.
Venue
Current Treatment Options in Cardiovascular Medicine
Published
2019-04-26
Volume
21
Issue
5
Pages
23-23
ISSN
  • 1092-8464 (ISSN-L)
  • 1534-3189
OpenAlex
W2940673845
Cited by
248
References
122
Citations by year
2026: 23 · 2025: 56 · 2024: 42 · 2023: 42 · 2022: 41 · 2021: 24 · 2020: 16 · 2019: 2
FWCI
3.76
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Current Treatment Options in Cardiovascular Medicine (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • American Heart Association (18CDA34110366)
  • National Institutes of Health (KL2TR002542)
  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (P01HL131478)
  • National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Cardiac Health and Mental Health
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Behavioral Neuroscience › Stress Responses and Cortisol
Keywords
psychosocial stress, cardiovascular disease, amygdala, arterial inflammation, hematopoietic tissue, stress response, cardiovascular risk factors, stress biomarkers

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