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Anxiety and hemodynamic reactivity during cardiac stress testing: The role of gender and age in myocardial ischemia
Bekendam,M. Mommersteeg,P.M.C. Kop,W.J. Widdershoven,J.W. Vermeltfoort,I.A.C.
Bekendam,M.
Mommersteeg,P.M.C.
Kop,W.J.
Widdershoven,J.W.
Vermeltfoort,I.A.C.
Abstract
Background The prevalence of myocardial ischemia is associated with anxiety. State and trait anxiety are more common in younger women compared to men, and high anxiety levels could affect hemodynamic reactivity during cardiac stress testing. The aim is to examine whether anxiety plays a role in gender differences in patients ≤ 65 and > 65 years in hemodynamic reactivity and ischemia during cardiac stress testing. Methods and results Included were 291 patients (66.8 ± 8.7 years, 45% women) with suspect ischemia undergoing myocardial perfusion single-photon emission computed tomography (MPI-SPECT). Primary outcomes were semi-quantitative summed difference score (SDS) and summed stress score (SSS), as continuous indicators of myocardial ischemia. Analyses were stratified by age. Trait anxiety was measured using a validated questionnaire (GAD-7) and state anxiety using facial expression analyses software. Overall, trait and state anxiety were not associated with the prevalence of ischemia (N = 107, 36%). A significant interaction was found between gender and trait anxiety in women ≤ 65 years for SDS (F(1,4) = 5.73, P = .019) and SSS (F(1,10) = 6.50, P = .012). This was not found for state anxiety. Conclusion SDS and SSS were significantly higher in women younger than 65 years with high trait anxiety. This interaction was not found in men and women over 65 years.
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2021
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ADENOSINE, ASSOCIATION, Age, CORONARY-HEART-DISEASE, Cardiac stress testing, DEPRESSION, FACIAL EXPRESSIONS, INFARCTION, Myocardial ischemia, RATES, RISK-FACTORS, SEX-DIFFERENCES, Sex differences, Trait anxiety, WOMEN
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Bekendam, M, Mommersteeg, P M C, Kop, W J, Widdershoven, J W & Vermeltfoort, I A C 2021, 'Anxiety and hemodynamic reactivity during cardiac stress testing : The role of gender and age in myocardial ischemia', Journal of Nuclear Cardiology, vol. 28, no. 6, pp. 2581–2592. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12350-020-02079-3
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