Biobehavioral variables and mortality or cardiac arrest in the Cardiac Arrhythmia Pilot Study (CAPS)

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MedicineInternal medicineCardiologyMyocardial infarctionEjection fractionSudden cardiac deathDepression (economics)Context (archaeology)Heart rateVentricular tachycardiaPsychosocialAnxietyHeart diseaseBlood pressureHeart failurePsychiatry

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Year: 1990
Type: article
Volume: 66
Issue: 1
Pages: 59-62
Citations: 434
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                                    David K. Ahern, 
                                
                                    Larry Gorkin, 
                                
                                    Jeffrey L. Anderson
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1990). 
                            Biobehavioral variables and mortality or cardiac arrest in the Cardiac Arrhythmia Pilot Study (CAPS). 
                            The American Journal of Cardiology
                            , 66
                            (1)
                            , 59-62.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/0002-9149(90)90736-k
                        

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DOI: 10.1016/0002-9149(90)90736-k