Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Myocardial Perfusion and Myocardial Blood Flow: A Longitudinal Twin Study

The link between posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and ischemic heart disease remains elusive due to a shortage of longitudinal studies with a clinical diagnosis of PTSD and objective measures of cardiac compromise.

Source: Biological Psychiatry - September 27, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Viola Vaccarino, Amit J. Shah, Valeria Moncayo, Jonathon Nye, Marina Piccinelli, Yi-An Ko, Xin Ma, Nancy Murrah, Lucy Shallenberger, Emily Driggers, Oleksiy M. Levantsevych, Muhammad Hammadah, Bruno B. Lima, An Young, Wesley O ’Neal, Mhmtjamil Alkhalaf, Tags: Archival Report Source Type: research