Journal article
The relationship between phobic anxiety and 2-year readmission after Acute Coronary Syndrome: What is the role of heart rate variability?
A O'Neil, CB Taylor, DL Hare, E Thomas, SR Toukhsati, J Oldroyd, AJ Scovelle, B Oldenburg
Journal of Affective Disorders | ELSEVIER | Published : 2019
Abstract
Objective: Phobic anxiety is a risk factor for poor prognosis following Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS). A psychophysiological marker of vagal function, autonomic dysfunction may play a critical role in this relationship. The aim of the study was two-fold: to assess whether phobic anxiety was characterised by autonomic dysfunction (heart rate variability) in the short (1-month) and longer term (12-months) following ACS, and (ii) to quantify the extent to which HRV parameters modified the effect of phobic anxiety on all-cause hospital readmission over 2 years. Methods: The ADVENT study followed 416 ACS patients. At 1-month following discharge (T0), phobic anxiety and autonomic functioning were ..
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Awarded by National Heart Foundation of Australia
Funding Acknowledgements
The ADVENT study was funded by a National Health and Medical Research Council Project Grant (APP1021294). AO is supported by a Future Leader Fellowship (101160) from the Heart Foundation, Australia. ET is supported by a Postgraduate Scholarship from the National Health and Medical Research Council (1113920). Neither the NHMRC nor Heart Foundation had any input into the study design, enactment or findings.