TY - JOUR T1 - Is stress linked to heart disease? JF - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine JO - Cleve Clin J Med SP - 75 LP - 77 VL - 66 IS - 2 AU - Fredric J. Pashkow A2 - Wilke, William S. Y1 - 1999/02/01 UR - http://www.ccjm.org/content/66/2/75.abstract N2 - Acute stress caused by strong emotions such as fear can sometimes cause sudden death in people with underlying coronary artery disease (CAD). Chronic mental stress may also promote the long - term development of coronary disease, although the distinction between Type A and Type B personalities appears overly simplistic. Stress-management interventions measurably improve CAD patients’ performance on cardiac function tests, and should be incorporated more often in standard cardiac rehabilitation programs. ER -