Increased pulse wave velocity in patients with panic disorder: Independent vascular influence of panic disorder on arterial stiffness

ÇİÇEK Y., DURAKOĞLUGİL M. E., KOCAMAN S. A., GUVELI H., Cetin M., ERDOĞAN T., ...More

JOURNAL OF PSYCHOSOMATIC RESEARCH, vol.73, no.2, pp.145-148, 2012 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 73 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2012
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2012.05.012
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF PSYCHOSOMATIC RESEARCH
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.145-148
  • Keywords: Panic disorder, Pulse wave velocity, Cardiovascular risk, Arterial stiffness, CORONARY-HEART-DISEASE, RATE-VARIABILITY, CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY, AORTIC STIFFNESS, PHOBIC ANXIETY, ALL-CAUSE, RISK, WOMEN, PREDICTION, ATTACKS
  • Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objective: Acute and chronic mental stress and many psychiatric disorders have been accepted as a cause of cardiovascular disease. Panic disorder, a subtype of anxiety disorder, has been associated with increased risk of fatal myocardial infarction and sudden cardiac death in epidemiological studies. Carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (CF-PWV) is currently the gold standard measurement of arterial stiffness. CF-PWV is a well-recognized predictor of an adverse cardiovascular outcome with higher predictive value than classical cardiovascular risk factors. The aim of our study is to measure PWV as the surrogate of arterial stiffness and vascular involvement in patients with panic disorder.