Cardiac Anxiety in Cardiac Arrest Survivors: Examining the Role of Heart Rhythm Management Devices and Cardiovascular Disease History

Washington, DC · May 2025

Poster · Personality/Emotion

Authors

Camila Domínguez-Imbert NietoPresenting Author
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Tara St. Onge
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Danielle Rojas
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Jacqueline Nacipucha
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Guixiao Ding
Center for Behavioral Cardiovascular Health, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Gaspar Cruz
Center for Behavioral Cardiovascular Health, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Maia ten Brink
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Sachin Agarwal
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Jeffrey Birk
Center for Behavioral Cardiovascular Health, Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Abstract

Implanted heart rhythm management devices improve survival for cardiac arrest survivors, but they may impact their subsequent distress differently depending on perceived cardiac risk. Prior cardiovascular disease history was associated with greater cardiac anxiety in 76 survivors, and this effect was strongest for patients with implanted devices.

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Cardiac Anxiety in Cardiac Arrest Survivors: Examining the Role of Heart Rhythm Management Devices and Cardiovascular Disease History

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