Specific of treating elderly patients with coronary heart disease and alexithymia
Recently investigators' attention has been focused on searching psychological and behavioural risk factors for coronary heart disease (CHD), and on perspectives of their modification in primary and secondary CHD prevention. The study included 147 patients with stable effort angina (functional c...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Russian |
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«FIRMA «SILICEA» LLC
2004-04-01
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| Series: | Российский кардиологический журнал |
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| Online Access: | https://russjcardiol.elpub.ru/jour/article/view/1952 |
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| Summary: | Recently investigators' attention has been focused on searching psychological and behavioural risk factors for coronary heart disease (CHD), and on perspectives of their modification in primary and secondary CHD prevention. The study included 147 patients with stable effort angina (functional class II-III) older than 55. The main criterion for diagnosing alexithymia and dividing participants into groups was the score greater than 74, by Toronto Alexithymia Scale. All participants were divided into three groups. Group 1 included patients with alexithymia, who received basic treatment for effort angina, together with two-week course of melatonin (M). Group II consisted of alexithymia patients not receiving M. Group III included alexithymia-free patients receiving basic therapy and M. After two weeks of combined M treatment, a significant improvement of all assessed psychological and objective parameters was observed. |
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| ISSN: | 1560-4071 2618-7620 |