Psychological stress, the central nervous system and arrhythmias

SummaryThis review highlights the links between psychological stress and the neurocircuitry of cardiac –brain interactions leading to arrhythmias. The role of efferent and afferent connections in the heart–brain axis is considered, with the mechanisms by which emotional responses promote arrhythmias illustrated by inherited cardiac conditions. Novel therapeutic targets for intervention in the aut onomic nervous system are considered.
Source: QJM - Category: Internal Medicine Source Type: research