APS

29th APS Annual Convention · 2017

The Effect of PTSD Symptoms and Gender on the Heart Rate Profile of Recently Hospitalized Cardiac Patients.

Boston, MA · May 2017

Poster Session · Clinical Science

Session: Poster Session XVI

Authors

  • Kevin SundquistPresenting Author
    Columbia University Medical Center
  • Jennifer Sumner
    Columbia University Medical Center
  • Gabriel Sanchez
    Columbia University Irving Medical Center
  • Laura Meli
    Center for Behavioral Cardiovascular Health, Columbia University Medical Center
  • Donald Edmondson
    Center for Behavioral Cardiovascular Health, Columbia University Medical Center

Abstract

In those who have recently had a cardiac event, how important is their heart rate profile? In our study ReACH PATCH we aim to assess the post event heart rate profile of recently discharged cardiac event patients, and see to what degree increased PTSD symptoms effect this profile.

Psychopathology