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J Appl Physiol 106: 576-581, 2009. First published December 18, 2008; doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.91053.2008
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Stress responses and baroreflex function in coronary disease

Gaelle Deley,1 Ruth D. Lipman,1 Joseph P. Kannam,2 Claudia Bartolini,1 and J. Andrew Taylor1,2

1Cardiovascular Research Laboratory, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, and Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School, Boston; and 2Cardiovascular Division, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Brookline, Massachusetts

Submitted 5 August 2008 ; accepted in final form 15 December 2008

Exaggerated pressor responses to mental stress in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) are associated with increased risk for subsequent cardiovascular events. The integrated baroreflex gain and its mechanical and neural component were estimated and then related to the blood pressure and heart rate responses to simulated real-life stressors: mental arithmetic and public speaking. Eighteen healthy individuals (aged 61 ± 8 yr) and 29 individuals with documented CAD but no other comorbidities (aged 59 ± 8 yr) were studied. Heart rate and blood pressures were continuously assessed before, during preparation for, and during performance of a math task and a speech task. The assessment of beat-to-beat carotid diameters during baroreflex engagement was used to estimate the integrated baroreflex gain and its mechanical and neural component. The CAD subjects demonstrated significantly greater increases in heart rate and blood pressures for the performance of the speech task. However, there were no group differences in integrated cardiovagal baroreflex gain or either mechanical or neural baroreflex component. These findings indicate that the augmented pressor responses in CAD do not result from a generalized arterial baroreflex deficit.

coronary artery disease; mental stress; arterial stiffness


Address for reprint requests and other correspondence: J. A. Taylor, Cardiovascular Research Laboratory, Dept. of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Rm. 556, 125 Nashua St., Boston, MA 02114 (e-mail: jandrew_taylor{at}hms.harvard.edu)






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