심혈관 질환과 관련된 심리적인 요인과 행동적 요인 - 스트레스와 성격을 중심으로 -

Psychological and Behavioral Factors Associated with Cardiovascular Disease - Stress and Personality -

The author conducted a literature review to better characterize the current state of knowledge regardeding the relationship between psychological and behavioral factors and cardiovascular disease. This review focus on several Problems : hypertension, coronary artery disease such as myocardial infarction and angina pectoris, sudden death, arrhythmia, vasomotor(vasodepressor) syncope, and psychogenic cardiac nondisease. We describe model for understanding the relationship of psychological factors to the disease, review the results of relevant research studies and provide recommendation for further research.