Objective Anger expression is a dimension of anger that may be strongly related to coronary
heart disease and stroke. To date few cohort studies have evaluated the role of anger …

Background and Purpose—High levels of anger are associated with an increased risk of
coronary heart disease and hypertension, but little is known about the role of anger in stroke …

BACKGROUND: Whereas some studies have found that anger increases the risk of incident
coronary heart disease (CHD), others found anger to be protective. Prior studies did not …

Objective The idea that anger may predict ischemic heart disease (IHD) is more than 30
years old. Some, but not all, prospective studies have supported this suggestion. Attention …

Background Recent laboratory and epidemiological studies have suggested that high levels
of anger may increase the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD). Methods and Results We …

Abstract provide an overview of the literature related to anger and cardiovascular disease,
describe the development of an inventory that assesses multiple dimensions of anger …

Objective: To examine in a prospective setting whether different hostility measures, including
Cynical Distrust, Trait Anger, Anger Out, Anger In, and Anger Control, are related to …

Objective It has long been thought that anger is important in the development of essential
hypertension. However, tests of this hypothesis have yielded conflicting findings. This study …

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) comprises diseases of the heart and the circulatory system,
of which coronary heart disease (CHD) and stroke are major clinical end points. CVD is the …

The hypothesis that intense anger experience may increase risk for or exacerbate
cardiovascular diseases has been under active theoretical and empirical interest for …