Abstract Background: Cardiac Anxiety (CA) is the fear of cardiac sensations, characterized
by recurrent anxiety symptoms, in patients with or without cardiovascular disease. The …

Objective: General anxiety symptoms are common in patients with cardiac disease and
considered to have an adverse effect on cardiac prognosis. The role of specific cardiac …

L'anxiété cardiaque se définit comme étant la peur de percevoir des sensations
cardiovasculaires et de subir leurs effets négatifs attendus. Cette conception est associée au …

Objective Heart-focused anxiety is a common phenomenon that is related to psychological
disorders and cardiac diseases. We investigated heart-focused anxiety in the general …

Background CVD-patients with higher levels of cardiac anxiety suffer psychologically, as
well as being at increased risk for cardiac morbidity and mortality. Therefore it is important to …

The present study assesses the psychometric properties and factor structure of the Greek
version of the Cardiac Anxiety Questionnaire (CAQ). The questionnaire was administered to …

Heart-focused anxiety (HFA) is the fear of cardiac-related stimuli and sensations because of
their perceived negative consequences. Although HFA is common to a wide variety of …

INTRODUÇÃO: É crescente a produção científica brasileira na adaptação de instrumentos
internacionais para avaliar ansiedade. A tradução e adaptação transcultural de escalas é …

Background: Psychological factors such as stress and depression have already been
established as risk factors for cardiovascular disease. More recently, the impact of anxiety …

Heart-focused anxiety (HFA) is a fear of cardiac sensations driven by worries of physical
health catastrophe. HFA is impairing and distressing and has been shown to …