Anger and premature coronary artery disease

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Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients, August-Sept, 2004
by Robert A. Anderson
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Anger can trigger myocardial ischemia and may be an independent risk factor for coronary artery disease. In 1,055 men, the adjusted median 38-year risk for premature cardiovascular disease in men <55>age 55 were included, the relationship did not meet significance.
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Chang PP, Ford DE, Meoni LA et al. Anger in young men and subsequent premature cardiovascular disease: the precursors study. Arch Intern Med 2002 Apr 22; 162(8):901-6
COMMENT: A high level of anger not only serves as a potential trigger for coronary artery disease, but in this study it was a trigger for causing CAD prematurely. Medical students with excessively angry responses to stress appeared to initiate biochemical changes marking them for early myocardial infarction. Once the age of 55 was reached, these physicians were out of the red zone; e.g. the excessive risk could no longer be found. Perhaps by age 55 physicians have attenuated the earlier anger through maturation and impending retirement.