Stress and Cardiovascular Disease

1. Introduction to Cardiovascular Disease, Stress and Adaptation
Andrew Steptoe, Annika Rosengren, Paul Hjemdahl

2. Social Stress and Cardiovascular Disease in Primates
Carol A. Shively

3. Cardiovascular and Autonomic Responses to Stress
Paul Hjemdahl, Murray Esler

4. Sympathetic Neural and Adrenal Medullary Mechanisms in Depression and Panic Disorder
Murray Esler

5. Hypothalamic–Pituitary–Adrenal Axis and Cardiovascular Disease
Gregory Kaltsas, Anthony S. Zannas, George P. Chrousos

6. Haemostatic Effects of Stress
Paul Hjemdahl, Roland Känel

7. Stress, Inflammation, and Coronary Heart Disease
Andrew Steptoe

8. Brain Imaging of Stress and Cardiovascular Responses
Marcus Gray, Yoko Nagai, Hugo D. Critchley

9. Psychological Triggers for Plaque Rupture
Geoffrey H. Tofler, Alexandra O’Farrell, Thomas Buckley

10. Stress Cardiomyopathy
Ilan S. Wittstein

11. Psychosocial Factors at Work: The Epidemiological Perspective
Mika Kivimäki, Archana Singh-Manoux, G. David Batty, Marianna Virtanen, Jane E. Ferrie, Jussi Vahtera

12. Depression and Cardiovascular Disease Progression: Epidemiology, Mechanisms and Treatment
Petra Hoen, Nina Kupper, Peter Jonge

13. Post-traumatic Stress Disorder: Emerging Risk Factor and Mechanisms
Roland Känel, Marie-Louise Gander Ferrari

14. Sleep, Stress, and Heart Disease
Torbjörn Åkerstedt, Aleksander Perski

15. The Causal Role of Chronic Mental Stress in the Pathogenesis of Essential Hypertension
Murray Esler

16. Metabolic Syndrome and Diabetes
Annika Rosengren

17. Stress Management and Behavior: From Cardiac Patient to Worksite Intervention
Daniela Lucini, Massimo Pagani

18. Exercise to Reduce Distress and Improve Cardiac Function: Moving on and Finding the Pace
Hugo Saner, Gunilla Burell

19. The Psychological Treatment of Cardiac Patients
Alena Talbot Ellis, Wolfgang Linden

20. Integrating the Management of Psychosocial and Behavior Risk Factors into Clinical Medical Practice
Alan Rozanski

21. Concluding Remarks
Paul Hjemdahl, Annika Rosengren, Andrew Steptoe

Nyckelord: Medicine & Public Health, Cardiology, Internal Medicine, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Medicine/Public Health, general