Renard M
Service de Cardiologie, Hôpital Erasme, Bruxelles.
Rev Med Brux. 1996 Oct;17(5):337-8.
Mental stress is a disagreeable feeling accompanied by sympathetic overactivity which may mimic heart disorder (panic attack, ...) induce angina pectoris in coronary patients or contribute to trigger acute myocardial infarction. It may be reproduced by mental stress tests (arithmetic test, ...) and used as diagnostic procedure in coronary patients.
